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Blanton Hall

Era:1960s
State:Georgia
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Biography

Howard Zinn identifies Albany State College student Blanton Hall as arrested at the Albany bus station’s white waiting room on the afternoon of November 22, 1961. Hall and Bertha Gober refused bail, remained in jail, and were subsequently released and expelled from college. No exact discharge date or total custody duration is supplied. Howard Zinn, Albany, Southern Regional Council SRC22, January 8, 1962, original PDF page 14. Source: https://www.crmvet.org/info/6201_zinn_albany.pdf#page=14

Case

Charges: Segregated bus-station waiting-room protest
Arrested: Nov 22, 1961
Sentence: Howard Zinn identifies Albany State College student Blanton Hall as arrested at the Albany bus station’s white waiting room on the afternoon of November 22, 1961. Hall and Bertha Gober refused bail, remained in jail, and were subsequently released and expelled from college. No exact discharge date or total custody duration is supplied. Howard Zinn, Albany, Southern Regional Council SRC22, January 8, 1962, original PDF page 14. Source: https://www.crmvet.org/info/6201_zinn_albany.pdf#page=14