Biography
Merjella Taylor was a Black woman arrested while supporting the National Shoe strike at 114 West 125th Street in Harlem in January 1936. The Daily Worker of January 31 reports that two police officers beat her and dragged her half a block, then accused her of feloniously assaulting them. Felony Court dismissed the case for lack of evidence on January 30 after hearing defense witnesses. The paper does not give her actual release date.
