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David Brokaw Fankhauser

Released
Date of birth:1941
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 11 Days
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David Brokaw Fankhauser

Biography

David Brokaw Fankhauser was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and challenging segregation in interstate transportation — one of the arrests recorded by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and preserved in the Civil Rights Digital Library. The catalog establishes the arrest, the participation, and the individually identified police photograph, but not the court disposition, any transfer to Parchman, or the physical release date; those fields are unresolved pending county-jail, court, or penitentiary records.

Case

Arrested: May 28, 1961
Incarcerated: May 28, 1961
Released: Jul 9, 1961
Sentence: Jailed in Jackson after the May 28, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest, then transferred to Parchman. Released July 9, 1961, as explicitly recalled in his first-person narrative. Individual sentencing date remains unverified.