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Charles Mitchell

Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:New Jersey
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Biography

Charles Mitchell was a Black Communist candidate for New Jerseys12th Congressional District and a recent recruit to the Newark party. Grover individually identifies him among people arrested when police broke up three Communist election rallies at Charlton and Spruce streets in summer 1932. The account does not identify his individual arrest day, formal charge, sentence or completed custody length. Source: https://www.newarkhistorysociety.org/images/articles/resources/PDF/NHS-Communists-061813.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Arrest during Communist election rallies; statutory charge unprinted.
Arrested: 1932
Sentence: Actual arrest individually stated; final disposition and duration unknown.