Online Resources
- Angola MuseumOfficial website for the Angola Museum.
- Angola Prison SpiritualsIn the 1950s, LSU English professor Dr. Harry Oster (1923-2001) recorded a series of music performances by African American prisoners at the infamous facility. Among the performances were the singing of gospel and spirituals.
- Giles Clark Angola Prison PhotographsCollection of Photographs of inside and outside Angola Prison by Photographer Giles Clarke.
- Historical Angola Prison Photographs - Library of CongressA few photographs from the early 1900s of Angola Prison.
- The Marshall Project: Angola PrisonSince 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation. The Marshall Project does not endorse the viewpoints or vouch for the accuracy of reports other than its own.
Library Resources
- American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020 This link opens in a new window
American Prison Newspapers brings together hundreds of newspapers published within prisons by incarcerated people over the past 200 years. When complete, the collection will contain newspapers from prisons in every state, representing penal institutions of all kinds, including women-only institutions.
- Cruel and Unusual: Black Panthers Fighting for Justice in PrisonKanopy Video: This is the story of the Angola Three, three remarkable men – Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox – who as members of the Black Panther Party have been fighting for justice since the early 1970s.