Biography
Minion Clifton was a poor white farmer in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Authorities arrested him on an arson charge in 1933. The Dadeville branch of the International Labor Defense, whose members were Black sharecroppers, organized his defense. Authorities dropped the case and released Clifton after learning that the defense campaign was being organized.
Labor Defender, August 1933, PDF page 22: The district-news account says Clifton, accused of burning employer Arch Brown’s house, was physically released without bond the day after authorities learned the Black sharecroppers’ Dadeville ILD branch had offered defense assistance accepted by Mrs. Clifton. When the case subsequently came to court it was not pressed. This clarifies that physical release preceded the unpressed prosecution; neither event has an exact date or complete custody duration. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/labordefender/1933/v09n08-aug-1933-lab-def.pdf#page=22
The review reports the arson case against the poor white farmer dropped after the Black sharecroppers of the Dadeville ILD branch organized defense. No precise individual release day or further arrest is supplied.
