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Franklin W. Hunt

Released
Date of birth:1938
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Franklin W. Hunt

Biography

Franklin W. Hunt 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