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Harold Bowers

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
6 Months
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Harold Bowers was a New York ILA longshore leader jailed for six months for contempt in 1954 over his role in a waterfront strike. The prosecutions accompanied the government drive against the dock unions.

Case

Charges: Contempt
Sentenced: May 11, 1954
Sentence: Six months.
Convicted: Yes