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Grantham De Royal

Full name:Grantham Royal
Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

The page 1 Harlem report says police attacked an Unemployed Council meeting at Lenox Avenue and 132nd Street and arrested Sam Brown, Sam Nesin and Grantham De Royal. It describes beatings at the meeting and station, reports Brown’s scalp wounds and De Royal being kicked in the ribs, and says the ILD won dismissal in the 151st Street court. No exact arrest or dismissal day, medical diagnosis or complete confinement total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n075-NY-mar-27-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Arrest during a Harlem Unemployed Council street meeting; statutory charge not stated.
Sentence: Arrest and police beating followed by dismissal in the 151st Street court, reported March 27, 1931. No exact physical custody endpoints or complete duration supplied.
Convicted: No