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Gwendolyn C. Jenkins

Released
Date of birth:1940
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Gwendolyn C. Jenkins

Biography

Gwendolyn C. Jenkins was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 7, 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: Jun 7, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 7, 1961
Sentence: Held in Jackson jail following the June 7, 1961 airport Freedom Ride arrest, as reported by the Associated Press the following day. Mary Jean Smith also names Gwendolyn Jenkins of St. Louis among the women in the adjoining jail cell. Individual sentence, transfer history, and release date remain unverified.