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Philip M. Posner

AKA: Rabbi Philip Posner
Released
Date of birth:1938
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Philip M. Posner

Biography

Philip M. Posner was a Hebrew Union College student in Los Angeles, born about 1938 and rode the July 30, 1961 Illinois Central train from New Orleans and was arrested in Jackson — 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

Charges: Breach of the peace
Arrested: Jul 30, 1961
Sentenced: Jul 31, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 30, 1961
Sentence: Sentenced July 31, 1961 to four months and a $200 fine after the July 30 Freedom Ride arrest. Held initially in Jackson, then at Parchman, where he reported serving 39 days. Exact release date and total including initial local detention remain unverified.