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Early Life

Background Info

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  • Mack Parker was a truck driver after having serving in the military for 2 years.
  • Parker supported his family Liza (mother), Dolores (brother), and Charles (brother)
  • Parker also protested against the lack of blacks in the jury system and the voting rights for blacks.
  • Who was Involved: June Walters(pregnant lady), Mack Charles Parker(accused rapist) , Jimmy Walters(June's Husband) , and Debbie Carol (June's Daughter)
  • What happened: Mack Charles Parker was accused of raping June Walters after supposibly taking her to an isolated spot and raping her but June's description of the man didn't even match the man she saw.
  • Happened Lamar County,Mississippi
  • Date- Feburuary 23rd/24th 1959

Interesting Fact #1 : He was found 3 days before his trial.

Who,What ,When Where

Mack Charles Parker

Summary

Made by Daniel C.

and Parker E.

What Happened:

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  • Mack Charles Parker was accused of kidnapping June Walters with her daughter to an isolated place and raping her.
  • Febuary 24th: Mack Parker was jailed for accused rape and kidnapping.
  • Just 3 days before his trial he was abducted by a group of masked men and taken to Lamar Co. Line
  • Police reports say he was lynched then shot to death then was found at Pearl River.
  • The police called this a "Civil Rights Era Hate Crime."
  • The case was NOT reopned again until 2009 but still the case was never solved.
  • Main Point: He was "handpicked" by police due to his color.

Mack Charles Parker ,born in 1946 , was a truck driver after being in the army for 2 years. He protested for the lack of blacks in the jury system & voting rules. On February 24th, he was accused of raping a 2 month old pregnant lady. This was a Civil Rights era Hate crime. He was chosen out of a police line because of his skin color.

The Plot

Born 1936 Murdered on April 24 1959

Interesting Fact #2: No jailer was on patrol the night he was abducted from jail.

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