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Fanny Poole

Era:1930s
State:Alabama
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Biography

Fanny Poole was one of two Black workers individually named in a November 4 Birmingham report concerning a raid about two weeks earlier. The November 5, 1934 Daily Worker says they were accused of possessing radical literature and released Saturday, November 3, when the charges were dismissed. The initial arrest day and complete actual custody duration are not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n264-NY-nov-05-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5

Case

Charges: Possession of radical literature following an October 1934 Birmingham raid.
Released: Nov 3, 1934
Sentence: Charges dismissed and actually released November 3, 1934. Exact initial arrest day and complete actual confinement duration unknown.
Convicted: No