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Joel Ben Greenberg

Released
Date of birth:1939
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Civil Rights
Joel Ben Greenberg

Biography

Joel Ben Greenberg was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 21, 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: Jul 21, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 21, 1961
Sentence: Jailed following the July 21, 1961 Jackson Freedom Ride arrest. A Maryland State Highway Administration history, citing contemporary reporting, records a sentence of four months and a $200 fine. A letter smuggled from Parchman is preserved in the Byron Baer collection. The sentence imposed is not a verified time-served total; release date remains unresolved.