Historical Moments of Police Violence Series, Volume 1: The Mississippi Papers

Title: Historical Moments of Police Violence Series, Volume 1: The Mississippi Papers

Author: Kaba, Mariame, ed.

Publication: [New York, NY]: Project NIA, 2012.

Description: Zine edited by Mariame Kaba and designed/illustrated by Mauricio Pineda. Offset-printed. One of 300 copies. Black-and-white illustrations. Stapled in pictorial wrappers. 5.75 x 4 inches; [16] pages. A touch of soiling and edgewear. Near Fine.

"In the mid-1960s, the Council of Federated Organization (COFO) collected statements and testimonials in support of a lawsuit against Sheriff Lawrence A. Rainey and other state officials in Mississippi. The goal was to convince the Federal government to appoint special commissioners who would prevent the ongoing and lethal violence against citizens of the state. Ultimately, the United States Court of Appeals in the Fifth Circuit agreed to hear the case. Fifty-seven of the 257 statements and affidavits that were collected by COFO were published in a book titled 'The Mississippi Black Papers' in 1965. The book is currently out of print but these stories are important historical artifacts and we believe that they deserve to be reanimated for the 21st century." - page [2].