Charles Avery Jr.

Released
Full name:Charles Avery
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Time Imprisoned:
5 Days
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Charles Avery Jr.

Biography

Charles Avery Jr. led fellow Hooper City High School students into the Birmingham Children's Crusade in May 1963. He spent five days in Birmingham Jail after marching against segregation and later continued local civil rights work.

Photo credit

Charles Avery Jr., at far right in the captioned Avery family book-signing photograph. Family-provided photograph published by The Birmingham Times, September 2019. Cropped from the original photograph.

Case

Arrested: May 7, 1963
Incarcerated: May 7, 1963
Sentence: Reported spending five days in Birmingham Jail after the May 7, 1963 student march. Exact release date and any separate sentence remain unverified.

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