Biography
Kit Havice participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 1963.
According to a contemporary report in The Militant, before the Albany imprisonment this participant was arrested during the same peace walk in Griffin, Georgia, on November 9, 1963. Kit Havice, a 23-year-old Boulder medical student, was carried to a bus and shocked with an electric prod on her legs and thighs. The contemporary report states that the entire group was released later that day after obtaining permission to continue the walk.
The Militant individually identifies this participant in the integrated Quebec–Washington–Guantanamo peace walk among those arrested and taken to jail in Griffin, Georgia on November 9, 1963. Its account alleges police use of electric cattle prods against walkers and reports the group’s release after negotiations over permission to continue. It does not establish a complete individual custody duration. The separate November 19 Macon arrests are a collective report and are not assigned to every Griffin participant. The Militant, November 25, 1963, vol.27 no.42, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1963/2742/MIL2742.pdf#page=3
Photo credit
The Champion Newspaper, Kathy Mitchell’s February 11, 2019 interview with Kit Havice. Photographer not specified. Exact rectangular crop (300, 205, 790, 740) from the original 1080 by 1080 promotional image, retaining original pixels and removing surrounding headline and social-media graphics. Copyright retained by the source; no open license or permission claimed. Used for educational biographical identification at the site owner’s direction. Source interview and photograph.
The contemporary CNVA bulletin individually names this walker among those arrested December 23, 1963 and reports confinement at Albany City Jail. This adds the jail location without changing the existing custody dates.
According to a contemporary report in The Militant, before the Albany imprisonment this participant was arrested during the same peace walk in Griffin, Georgia, on November 9, 1963. Kit Havice, a 23-year-old Boulder medical student, was carried to a bus and shocked with an electric prod on her legs and thighs. The contemporary report states that the entire group was released later that day after obtaining permission to continue the walk.
