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- Collection: John L. Spivak and the Role of Investigative Journalism in Exposing Mass Incarceration as New Slavery
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Newspaper clipping with poem
An image of a book review of Georgia Nigger (1932) by Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981 with a poem by L. N. J.
Newspaper Clipping with Spivak Quote
A book review of Georgia Nigger (1932) by Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981 which includes quotes from John Spivak
Official Whipping Report from Georgia Penitentiary, 1930 (John L. Spivak Collection)
Official typed report listing punishments of prisoners, including names, dates, and reasons for punishment. Signed by the warden.
Prisoner chained in iron collar in the Muscogee county, Georgia prison, 1931
Photo of a black prisoner in Georgia wearing an iron collar and sitting in the wooden cage that functioned as housing. Notes by Spivak on the back read, "Chained by neck and feet to iron cage: Muscogee county, Ga. near Columbus, Ga. This convict had…