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Parchman Prison American Experience

Premiered May 22, 2018
Parchman Prison

In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.

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American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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