Miriam Feingold

Released
Date of birth:31. 05. 1941
Age:85
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month
Support
Civil Rights
Miriam Feingold

Biography

Miriam Feingold was a 20-year-old Swarthmore College student from Brooklyn who rode as a Freedom Rider in 1961 and spent 31 days in Mississippi jails — five at the Hinds County jail in Jackson and the rest at the Parchman state penitentiary — for testing interstate desegregation.

Case

Charges: Breach of the peace — Freedom Ride testing interstate desegregation
Arrested: Jun 21, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 21, 1961
Released: July 1961
Sentence: Four months and a $200 fine imposed according to her Hinds County admission slip. Jailed following the June 21, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest. Miriam Feingold and Judith Frieze were released together on bail in July. Feingold recalled 40 days in earlier interviews but approximately 37 days in her 2022 oral history; the exact duration and release day remain unresolved.
Convicted: Yes

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