Lena Alexander

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Communism Anti-War
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Biography

Lena Alexander was a convicted defendant in the McKeesport, Pennsylvania anti-war "riot" case of 1937. In 1937 McKeesport, Pennsylvania prosecuted a group of workers for "riot" after an anti-war demonstration, a free-speech case the ILD took up.

Case

Charges: Riot (anti-war demonstration, McKeesport, Pennsylvania)
Arrested: 1937
Sentence: Held / imprisoned in the McKeesport case.
Convicted: Yes

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