65 years ago today, Mack Parker was murdered by a white mob. It’s considered one of the last civil rights era lynchings. THREAD
Mack Charles Parker was a 23-year-old truck driver who had returned to his hometown of Lumberton, Mississippi, after receiving a general discharge following two years in the Army.
On the morning of February 24, 1959, Parker was awakened by Marshal Ham Slade and several deputies, who alleged that he had raped a young white woman, June Walters, the night before.
Parker and a group of friends were out drinking the previous night and saw a disabled car along the side of Highway Parker stopped his vehicle, and approached the car. After seeing Walters inside the vehicle, however, he returned to his car and drove away.
@AfricanArchives Decades, centuries later, black men are still required to defend themselves for no reason. So tragic for that young man, his family, loved ones, and communities. ❤️