Ernest Newell Weber

Released
Date of birth:1909
Date of death:2003
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
4 Months 17 Days
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Ernest Newell Weber

Biography

Ernest Newell Weber was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 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: Jun 6, 1961
Sentenced: Jun 6, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 6, 1961
Released: Oct 23, 1961
Sentence: Tried and sentenced on June 6, 1961. Terry Sullivan’s first-person November 1961 account identifies Newell Weber as his fellow rider and says both served their full sentence, described as four-and-a-half months including fine time. An FBI October 23, 1961 report explicitly records his release that day on expiration of sentence. Individual prison-transfer dates remain unverified.
Convicted: Yes

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