Henry Marion Steele

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Florida
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 18 Days
Support
Civil Rights Movement
Henry Marion Steele

Biography

Henry Marion Steele participated in the 1960 Tallahassee campaign against segregated lunch counters and the ensuing jail-in.

Photo credit

Reverend Henry Marion Steele, at far left in the captioned Emancipation Day group photograph, May 20, 2015. Museum of Florida History. Cropped from the original photograph.

Case

Charges: Inciting to riot — Tallahassee lunch-counter sit-in
Arrested: Feb 20, 1960
Sentenced: Mar 17, 1960
Incarcerated: Mar 18, 1960
Sentence: Sixty days or a $300 fine; chose jail.
Judge: John Rudd

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