Talk:Marianna, Florida

Demographics

The demographics section contains grossly incorrect (in fact, inconsistent) data. It needs to be updated from the new census data. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.253.26.10 (talk) 18:17, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

This says "As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 6,230 people, 12,398 households, and 11,395 families residing in the city." This makes no sense, as there can't possibly be more households than people.

General poor quality

There should at least be a mention of the Dozier school. Methinks some upset citizens are getting in the way of that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.234.144 (talk) 01:07, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Most of the Dozier material on this page should be moved to another article or deleted entirely. The writing is sub-standard and the point-of-view is questionable.

The story of the plane crash sure is exciting, y'all!, but it isn't appropriate for a Transportation section. (I'm not convinced that the Marianna article even justifies a Transportation section.) It also lacks citations.

The Claude Neal story should be given some context; the brutality might slightly exceed that of the typical lynching, but that is not the significance of the event. The PBS article cited provides some insight that is lacking from the description in the Marianna article.

As a whole, the Marianna article is lacking in citations and links to other Wikipedia articles.

• • I second almost everything you say. Isn't Neal the one "famous" for cursing the court house clock? I'm tempted to say "Not that wiki would care" but actually in the context of this article it might be worth mentioning. On the subject of lynching if I remember a story about my great grandfather right I belive Marianna might have been host to Florida's last "offical" lynching (which is to say a large public mob, as opposed to a klan style murder). I can't cite any sources, puts it's something I've always heard if anyone can back that up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.159.89.194 (talk) 14:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

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I deleted the phrase "The Chipola River runs through the heart of Marianna", as it actually marks the eastern boundry. While I suspect some peotic meaning was implied, and many if not the bulk of the local busniesses are on the other side of that boundry, the article is likely to be taken litteraly and the wording suggests the river runs through the middle of town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.159.89.194 (talk) 14:57, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Dozier Reform info deleted can now be easily verified

The following text was deleted from IP 69.244.215.96 on Feb 21, 2013 with the reasoning: "(The deleted section is a yet to be established)".

Marianna is also the location of the now-closed Florida Industrial Reform School for Boys, where former students (who are now senior citizens) allege that during the 1940s, 50's and 60's, students were subjected to a routine of severe brutality and abuse, consisting of violent beatings and even murder at the hands of employees and administrators. A 2009 investigation by the State of Florida failed to uncover any evidence to support this allegation, and claimed that the 31 marked graves on the property were victims of a 1914 fire and flu outbreaks. The investigation was further hampered due to the passage of time, since most of the former school employees have since died. In October 2012, a forensic search of the property by a scientific team headed by Dr. Erin Kimmerle, an anthropologist from the University of South Florida, identified an additional 18 previously unknown graves within the cemetery and the adjoining property, as well as another cemetery, which may possibly contain the bodies of black students, buried in a different area due to segregation, making a total of 49 unidentified graves. Families of missing students have raised questions and concern toward the fate of their family members in the aftermath of the investigation, and as of October 2012 it is still ongoing. The investigation is also under a time constraint, because the State of Florida is in the process of selling the 1,400 acre property.

Since all of the information is now extremely easy to verify or refute, maybe it's time to restore some of it. Twang (talk) 22:03, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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