A. Robert Kaufman

Released
Date of birth:08. 03. 1931
Date of death:25. 12. 2009
Age:78† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Maryland
Support
Socialism
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Biography

A. Robert Kaufman was a 28-year-old Baltimore socialist convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $50 for selling the newspaper Young Socialist outside a Baltimore high school. Fired as a substitute teacher and beaten by students, he appealed the conviction as an attack on free expression.

Case

Charges: Disorderly conduct — distributing socialist literature
Arrested: Dec 3, 1959
Sentence: $50 fine; no jail or prison sentence.
Convicted: Yes

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