Mary Lane

Released
Date of birth:16. 12. 1939
Date of death:15. 02. 2015
Age:75† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 18 Days
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Mary Lane

Biography

Mary Lane was a voter-registration organizer who organized voter registration in Greenwood and served as a SNCC project director. She spent 48 days imprisoned at Parchman in 1963 and later represented the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.

Case

Charges: Creating a disturbance in a public place during voter-registration work at the Greenwood courthouse
Arrested: Jun 25, 1963
Incarcerated: Jun 25, 1963
Released: 1963
Sentence: Four months in jail and a $200 fine, according to the SNCC chronology of the June 25, 1963 Greenwood arrests. The existing record documents 48 days actually spent at Parchman; the exact release date remains unverified.
Convicted: Yes

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