50: Murder at the Polls in Hazlehurst, MS

Common Mystics
50: Murder at the Polls in Hazlehurst, MS
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On this episode of Common Mystics a champion for equality is shot dead at the ballot box in 1883 Mississippi.  John Prentiss “Print” Matthews seemed an unlikely hero for civil rights. Born to a wealthy slave holding family, he would go on to represent the political interests of both white and African American farmers in … Continue reading 50: Murder at the Polls in Hazlehurst, MS