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Morton Bruce Slater

Released
Date of birth:1943
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Morton Bruce Slater

Biography

Morton Bruce Slater was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 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: Jul 8, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 8, 1961
Sentence: Jailed following the July 8, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest. The CORE archive identifies Morton Slater and reproduces a fellow rider account placing him in the Parchman first-offender camp. His individual release date and total time served remain unverified.