Civil Rights Memorial - #OTD the night of April 24, 1959, a mob abducted Mack Charles Parker from the Pearl River County Jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, where he was awaiting trial for
![The unsolved murder of Mack Parker, the last known man lynched in the civil rights era over rape of pregnant white woman - Face2Face Africa The unsolved murder of Mack Parker, the last known man lynched in the civil rights era over rape of pregnant white woman - Face2Face Africa](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BeFunky-collage.jpg)
The unsolved murder of Mack Parker, the last known man lynched in the civil rights era over rape of pregnant white woman - Face2Face Africa
![John Reyer, right, a 63-year-old local farmer,sits in the rear of an FBI car telling agents how he witnessed the abduction of Mack Charles Parker from his jail cell, in Poplarville, Miss., John Reyer, right, a 63-year-old local farmer,sits in the rear of an FBI car telling agents how he witnessed the abduction of Mack Charles Parker from his jail cell, in Poplarville, Miss.,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N3F9TJ/john-reyer-right-a-63-year-old-local-farmersits-in-the-rear-of-an-fbi-car-telling-agents-how-he-witnessed-the-abduction-of-mack-charles-parker-from-his-jail-cell-in-poplarville-miss-april-26-1959-reyer-told-them-he-saw-four-masked-men-throw-an-african-american-man-into-the-back-seat-of-a-car-and-drive-off-reyer-had-been-visiting-the-hospital-across-the-street-parker-was-being-held-on-the-charge-of-raping-a-white-woman-the-trial-was-scheduled-to-start-in-two-days-ap-photorichard-tolbert-2N3F9TJ.jpg)
John Reyer, right, a 63-year-old local farmer,sits in the rear of an FBI car telling agents how he witnessed the abduction of Mack Charles Parker from his jail cell, in Poplarville, Miss.,
![Sankofa TravelHer on X: "On this day in 1959, veteran, Mack Charles Parker, was lynched. He was accused of raping a white woman. He pleaded not guilty. A white mob, dragged Parker Sankofa TravelHer on X: "On this day in 1959, veteran, Mack Charles Parker, was lynched. He was accused of raping a white woman. He pleaded not guilty. A white mob, dragged Parker](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWdq4zrWkAA0flZ.jpg)