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].

But I’ll let the reader decide for themselves if the book is successful ... Writing From Parchman Prison” in 2014, “Unit 30: New Writings from Parchman Farm” in 2016 and “Mississippi ...

An effort By Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, to phase out Mississippi's 124-year-old Parchman prison was again killed this year before it could be debated on the Senate floor. On Wednesday ...

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 ...