Euvester Simpson

Released
Date of birth:12. 12. 1945
Age:80
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
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Euvester Simpson

Biography

Euvester Simpson was a Mississippi SNCC organizer jailed with Fannie Lou Hamer and other civil-rights workers in Winona in June 1963. Her oral history describes several nights in custody and caring for Hamer after the jail beatings.

Case

Arrested: Jun 9, 1963
Incarcerated: Jun 9, 1963
Released: Jun 12, 1963
Sentence: Arrested June9,1963 with the Winona bus-terminal group and released June12. June Johnson names Simpson in her sworn account and dates the group release Wednesday afternoon, with return to Greenwood about7p.m. This corroborates Simpson’s own recollection of release later that week.

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