Benjamin Laney

Benjamin Travis Laney Jr. breaking ground for a new building at Cummins Prison Farm near Varner (Lincoln County); 1948.

Old white man wearing a hat in a suit using a shovel

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Law / Law Enforcement

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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