In “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” which won another National Book Award in 2017, she described the notorious Parchman Farm, where Southern slavery was effectively re-legalized for the 20th century.

Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious ... You've got the Hurston book? UNIDENTIFIED INMATE #1: I got my Hurston book today (ph). GUSSOW: Good. BURNETT: On this day, Adam ...

Forced farm labor at Parchman ended in the mid-2000s ... "and he traces not just the assignments and the books but the opportunity to be seen as a leader [in the classroom].

BURNETT: Parchman Farm, officially the Mississippi State Penitentiary ... And he traces not just the assignments or the books, but the opportunity to be seen as a leader, something that is ...