David Simpson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:North Carolina
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 16 Days
Support
Civil Rights
David Simpson

Biography

David 'Fuzzy' Simpson was a seven-year-old boy arrested with nine-year-old Hanover Thompson in the 1958 'Kissing Case' in Monroe, North Carolina, after a white girl kissed Thompson during a game. Charged with 'attempted rape,' the two children were jailed and committed to the Morrison Training School for an indeterminate term. A worldwide outcry and the NAACP's Robert F. Williams secured their release in early 1959.

Case

Charges: 'Attempted rape' / assault on females (tied to the children's kissing game)
Arrested: Oct 28, 1958
Sentenced: Nov 4, 1958
Incarcerated: Oct 28, 1958
Released: Feb 13, 1959
Sentence: Indeterminate juvenile sentence to reform school; released in early 1959

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