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Arkansas
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Arkansas.
94Documented
0In custody
81Released
Eras of repression in Arkansas
Where Arkansas’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 53
1930s 29
2020s 6
1950s 2
1980s 1
1970s 1
Recent dashboard entries from Arkansas
The newest published events and reporting located in Arkansas, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Charges against Arkansas governor's-mansion protester Olivia Thompson to be dropped after six months of good behavior
Protest
Little Rock Central High students walk out and march to the Arkansas Capitol over ICE
Protest
Over a dozen protest ICE outside the Little Rock Homeland Security office
Protest
Daily anti-ICE protests outside Little Rock's DHS deportation hub
Protest
Thousands line the Broadway Bridge for the Little Rock No Kings protest
Protest
Thousands rally on Dickson Street for a Fayetteville No Kings protest
Arrest
A counter-protester was arrested for disorderly conduct at the "No Kings" rally in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Documented cases
94 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Clay East
Released
Clay East was a co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, which he helped organize in 1934 at Tyronza,...
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George C. Edwards
George C. Edwards was a college SLID organizer whom a February 21, 1935 Fort Smith dispatch expressly describe...
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E. F. Foster
Released
E. F. Foster was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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John Foster
Released
John Foster was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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Sykes Fox
Released
Sykes Fox was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in...
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Aron Gilmartin
Released
Aron Gilmartin was a Socialist, secretary of the Labor Defense Committee and chairman of the Tampa Defense Com...
A
Andrew Goff
Released
Andrew Goff was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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Herman Goldberger
Herman Goldberger was a lawyer assisting the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. H.L.Mitchell’s retrospective union...
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Walter Guley
Released
Walter Guley was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
D
Dave Haas
Released
Dave Haas was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in...
W
Will Hampton
Released
Will Hampton was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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Dexter Howard
Dexter Howard was a Southern Tenant Farmers Union activist described as a Mississippi delegate and refugee fro...
C
Charley Hubbard
Released
Charley Hubbard was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1...
C
C. C. Hubert
Released
C. C. Hubert was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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Bob Jackson
Released
Bob Jackson was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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S. J. Jackson
Released
S. J. Jackson was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 191...
J
John Jefferson
Released
John Jefferson was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 19...
G
Gilmore Jenkins
Released
Gilmore Jenkins was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1...
C
Charley Jones
Released
Charley Jones was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 191...
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Lucien Koch
Lucien Koch was director of Commonwealth College. A February 6 dispatch in the Daily Worker of February 7, 193...
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Joe Leggens
Released
Joe Leggens was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
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Will Mack
Released
Will Mack was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in...
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James McAllister
James McAllister was a young Black farmworker detained in Helena, Arkansas, over the alleged killing of a six-...
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Joe Meshane
Released
Joe Meshane was one of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919...
Institutions in Arkansas
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Arkansas that appear in the census’s case files.
Arkansas State Penitentiary
47 cases
Tucker Farm Penitentiary
2 cases
Sebastian County JailFort Smith, Arkansas
1 case
Cummins Unit
1 case