L. Goodwin

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Alabama
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Biography

L. Goodwin was a Black worker arrested at a May Day meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1933 after trying to protect Jane Speed from police. The Daily Worker reported on May 31 that he was serving a one-year prison term. The source does not state the precise charge, prison, sentence date, admission date or release date.

L. Goodwin was a Black worker arrested at a May Day meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1933 after trying to protect Jane Speed from police. The Daily Worker reported on May 31 that he was serving a one-year prison term. The source does not state the precise charge, prison, sentence date, admission date or release date.

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Case

Charges: Arrest following the Birmingham May Day meeting; precise charge not stated in the reviewed report
Arrested: May 1, 1933
Sentence: One-year sentence; the May 31, 1933 report explicitly says he was then serving it following the May Day arrest. Exact first admission, sentence day, release, institution and actual total served remain unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n130-NY-may-31-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

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