Larry Fred Hunter

Released
Date of birth:1942
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 8 Days
Support
Civil Rights
Larry Fred Hunter

Biography

Larry Fred Hunter was an eighteen-year-old Tennessee State University student when he joined the May 28, 1961 Freedom Ride from Nashville to Jackson, Mississippi. Police arrested him at the bus station, and a court imposed a sixty-day sentence. Hunter was confined in the Hinds County jail and the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman before release on bond after 39 days. Tennessee State expelled him for participating in the ride.

Case

Charges: Breach of the peace for using the white waiting room after a Freedom Ride arrived in Jackson
Arrested: May 28, 1961
Incarcerated: May 28, 1961
Sentence: Sentenced to sixty days and confined in the Hinds County jail and Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman; released on bond after serving 39 days.
Convicted: Yes

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