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Fred Douglas Clark

Released
Date of birth:1943
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Fred Douglas Clark

Biography

Fred Douglas Clark was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in at the Trailways bus station — 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

Charges: Sit-in at the segregated Trailways bus station, Jackson — arrested July 9, 1961.
Arrested: Jul 9, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 9, 1961
Sentence: Arrested July 9, 1961 and taken to Jackson city jail, later transferred to Parchman, according to his firsthand interview. His reported 38 days at Parchman are not entered as the total for the entire custody episode. Exact release date remains unresolved.