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Louise Jean Inghram

Released
Date of birth:1934
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 10 Days
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Louise Jean Inghram

Biography

Louise Jean Inghram was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and challenging segregation in interstate transportation — one of the arrests recorded by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and preserved in the Civil Rights Digital Library. The catalog establishes the arrest, the participation, and the individually identified police photograph, but not the court disposition, any transfer to Parchman, or the physical release date; those fields are unresolved pending county-jail, court, or penitentiary records.

Case

Arrested: Jun 25, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 25, 1961
Released: Aug 4, 1961
Sentence: Jailed after the June 25, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest and held in Jackson, Hinds County and Parchman custody. In her contemporary account in Freedom Riders Speak for Themselves, Inghram describes leaving Parchman, signing her bond at Hinds County jail and returning to New Orleans on August 4, 1961.