Down on Parchman Farm : The Great Prison in the Mississippi Delta

Foreword vii Peggy Whitman Prenshaw Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1(16) Part One: Mr. Vardaman's Farm, 1900--1934 Born of Politics 17(17) Dust in the Delta 34(12) The Mississippi System 46(27) Part Two: All Things to All People, 1934--1952 The Magnolia New Deal 73(17) A Little of This, a Little of That 90(18) High Tide 108(27) Part Three: Mississippi v. Mississippi, 1952--1972 Parchman under Siege 135(17) The Short Reign of the Scalawags 152(13) Rollin' with Ross 165(15) Caught Betwixt and Between 180(17) Epilogue 197(12) Notes 209(28) Index 237