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Lewis Lubka

Released
Full name:Louis Lubka
Date of birth:14. 07. 1926
Date of death:06. 01. 2017
Age:90† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Kentucky
Support
Labor Organizing Civil Rights
Lewis Lubka

Biography

Lewis Lubka was a General Electric worker and union shop steward in Louisville. He lost his job after refusing to testify in the investigation that followed the bombing of the Wade family’s home. A grand jury indicted him on November 4, 1954 for conspiracy under Kentucky’s sedition law because of his support for the Black family’s move into a segregated neighborhood. The charge was later dismissed, and the reviewed record does not establish that Lubka was confined.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy under Kentucky’s sedition law arising from support for the Wade family
Sentence: No confinement established.
Convicted: No