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Katherine A. Pleune

Released
Date of birth:1940
Age:86
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Katherine A. Pleune

Biography

Katherine A. Pleune was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 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.

Her prosecution became Katherine Pleune v. State, one of the Mississippi Freedom Rider appeal cases.

Case

Charges: Freedom Ride participation — arrested Jackson, June 10, 1961; prosecution became Katherine Pleune v. State, a Mississippi Freedom Rider appeal case.
Arrested: Jun 10, 1961
Sentence: Convicted in Jackson; the conviction was appealed as Katherine Pleune v. State. Sentence commencement and release remain unresolved.
Convicted: Convicted and appealed — Katherine Pleune v. State, one of the Mississippi Freedom Rider appeal cases