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Adelene Moore

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Adelene Moore was one of six defendants prosecuted for picketing the Empire Cafeteria at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, Harlem, in protest against discrimination against Black workers. The Daily Worker of September 8, 1934, page 3, reports that Magistrate Aurelio ordered the six held for Special Sessions on September 6 on unlawful-assembly charges, and that all had been released on bail. The newspaper criticizes the prosecution’s evidence; its accusations are attributed advocacy. The exact arrest and physical bail-release days, verdict and sentence are not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n216-sep-08-1934-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 345. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Unlawful assembly while protesting racial discrimination at the Empire Cafeteria, Harlem.
Sentence: Held for Special Sessions; released on bail by the report. Exact arrest and physical release dates and time served unknown.
Judge: Aurelio