Biography
Christopher McIntosh Jr. was one of four Black land-reclamation protesters arrested during the 1979 occupation of the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. The protesters sought the return of land taken from a Black community during World War II. On May 4, 1979, a federal court convicted McIntosh and the other three men of criminal contempt for refusing an order to leave the refuge and sentenced them to thirty days of confinement. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service historical account identifies McIntosh by name and records more than fifteen days in the Savannah jail. Confinement was suspended pending appeal, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed the convictions on November 19, 1979. His exact release date remains unverified.
