Biography
Joseph Henry Gumbiner 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.
Custody record
His daughter’s interview describes a separate arrest during a 1965 Montgomery demonstration at the mayor’s home. The 1961 Jackson overnight stay is not a complete account of his arrest history; the additional custody duration remains unknown.
