EPISODE · Mar 18, 2011 · 4 MIN
MS Moments 257 - Rev. John Perkins: Simpson County Lockup
from Mississippi Moments Podcast
Rev. John M. Perkins became involved in the civil rights movement after returning to Mississippi in 1960. He recalls being arrested in Mendenhall in 1969. After the arrest of Perkins and his young parishioners, people from around the county converged on the jail. Perkins marks this incident as the beginning of the civil rights movement in Simpson County.
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