Alfred Dunston Jr.

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Full name:Alfred Jr.
Gender:Male
Era:1980s
State:District of Columbia
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Alfred Dunston Jr.

Biography

Alfred Dunston Jr. was an African Methodist Episcopal bishop arrested at the South African Embassy during a Free South Africa Movement protest against apartheid.

Portrait source: International Ministers and Lay Association of the A.M.E. Zion Church, whose caption identifies Bishop Alfred Gilbert Dunston, Jr. The historical portrait is retained unchanged; its date is not established.

Case

Charges: Demonstrating within 500 feet of an embassy
Arrested: Jan 21, 1985
Sentence: The arrest resulted in jail processing or brief detention; federal prosecutors generally declined to prosecute these embassy cases.

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