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Geoffrey Warner White

Released
Full name:Geoffrey White
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Massachusetts
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Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Geoffrey Warner White was one of seven Massachusetts Communist Party leaders indicted under the Smith Act on May 29, 1956. Federal agents arrested him in Chattanooga, Tennessee and returned him to Boston, where bail was set at $10,000. He was no longer among the five defendants whose cases remained active in September 1957, and no conviction or confinement has been established.

Case

Charges: Smith Act conspiracy to teach and advocate the forceful overthrow of the United States government
Arrested: May 29, 1956
Sentence: Bail set at $10,000; no custodial interval established.