Kenneth Calkins

Released
Date of birth:19. 02. 1935
Date of death:31. 12. 2025
Age:90† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Wyoming
Time Imprisoned:
21 Days
Support
Anti-War
Kenneth Calkins

Biography

Kenneth Calkins was a pacifist (a University of Chicago graduate) jailed in the 1958 nonviolent protest against the Atlas ICBM missile base near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Run down and injured by a gravel truck during the demonstration, he was convicted of trespassing and served a 104-day sentence with his wife Eleanor.

Case

Charges: Trespassing — antinuclear protest at the Cheyenne ICBM missile site
Arrested: Aug 18, 1958
Incarcerated: August 1958
Sentence: 104 days in jail
Convicted: Yes

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