Charles McDew

Released
Date of birth:23. 06. 1938
Date of death:03. 04. 2018
Age:79† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
11 Days
Support
Civil Rights
Charles McDew

Biography

Charles McDew was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was first jailed in 1960 leading the Orangeburg, South Carolina sit-ins, and on Oct. 4, 1961 was arrested again on the courthouse steps in McComb, Mississippi during the student walkout supporting the SNCC voter-registration drive.

Cases

Charges: Breach of the peace - October 4, 1961 McComb school-walkout protest
Arrested: Oct 4, 1961
Sentenced: Oct 31, 1961
Incarcerated: Oct 31, 1961
Released: December 1961
Sentence: Four months; $200 fine
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Vagrancy and criminal anarchy - arrested while bringing supplies to jailed SNCC worker Dion Diamond in Baton Rouge
Arrested: Feb 17, 1962
Incarcerated: Feb 17, 1962
Released: Feb 28, 1962

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