Jesse White

AKA: Jesse Lee White
Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Wisconsin
Support
Black Liberation Black Nationalism Socialism Black Panther Party
Jesse White

Biography

Jesse White (also spelled Jessie White) was a member of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin chapter of the Black Panther Party. In September 1969 he was arrested alongside Booker Collins and Earl Leverette and charged with the attempted murder of a police officer; the three became the "Milwaukee Three." The defendants alleged they were repeatedly beaten by police following their arrest. White was convicted and sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, and a public rally demanded the release of the three Milwaukee Panthers in early 1970. (Not to be confused with the Illinois politician of the same name.)

Photo credit

The Black Panther, July 4, 1970, page 16; individually captioned Jesse White portrait. Cropped from a newspaper scan; photographer not identified.

Case

Charges: Attempted murder of a police officer (Milwaukee, September 1969); one of the "Milwaukee Three"
Arrested: Sep 22, 1969
Sentenced: Sep 22, 1970
Incarcerated: Sep 22, 1969
Sentence: Thirty years for attempted murder, imposed September 22, 1970. Previously sentenced November 4, 1969 to one year at the Milwaukee County House of Correction for resisting an officer. The federal court records discharge from that earlier sentence on August 23, 1970, followed by confinement at Waupun on the attempted-murder conviction. Discharge of the earlier sentence does not establish release from all custody; the final release date remains unverified.
Convicted: Yes

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