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"Another Victim" newspaper clipping Parker Execution Article
Statue of white man sitting in chair with open book on round base Judge Parker Statue
"The Hanging of Parrent" newspaper clipping Joe Parrent Lynching Article
"$200 Reward" newspaper clipping Joe Parrent Reward Article
"Negro lynched early today at Forrest City" newspaper clipping William Patrick Lynching Article
"Negro slayer spirited away" newspaper clipping William Patrick Lynching Article
"Lynching averted at Forrest City" newspaper clipping William Patrick Lynching Article
Brick wall with gate and round brick tower Penitentiary Entrance
"Reaped His Reward" newspaper clipping Phillips County Lynching Article
"Murder in Phillips County" newspaper clipping Phillips County Lynching Article
Ruins of two-story concrete building with corner entrance and graffiti Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District
square concrete water tower in field Phillips County Penal Farm Water Tower
low brick building with bars on its windows on dirt road Phillips County Penal Farm Cells
Cell door and bars inside ruins of concrete cell block building Phillips County Penal Farm Cell Block
"An Arkansas lynching" newspaper clipping Phillips Lynching Article
"A Fatal Blow" newspaper clipping Pine Bluff Lynching Article
Three-thousand-dollar reward poster with black ink on yellow paper Plumerville Conflict Reward Poster
"Poe pays penalty for awful crime" newspaper clipping Harry Poe Execution Article
Single-story building with flat roof and covered porch on street Police and Court Building
"Roasted Alive!" newspaper clipping Polk Brothers Lynching Article
"Mob kills slayer of Sheriff's aide" newspaper clipping Charles Powell Lynching Article
"Lynching at Huttig" newspaper clipping Sam Powell Lynching Article
"Negro is found hanging to tree" newspaper clipping Sam Powell Lynching Article
White man in suit standing in room full of hospital beds Prison Hospital
Multistory building with corner tower and single-story extension Prison Hospital
African-American man in suit sitting at table with two white men with crowd seated behind them Prison Reform Meeting
Young white girl in dress with scarf and book Pearl Pugsley
Car parked outside multistory building with tower Pulaski County Jail
Multistory building with mansard roof and arched windows with bars on them Pulaski County Jail
"Attempted Robbery" newspaper clipping Pulaski County Lynching Article
"A Ghastly Find" newspaper clipping Pulaski County Lynching Article
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