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Richard Lee Haley

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Civil Rights
Richard Lee Haley

Biography

Richard Lee Haley was a civil-rights worker arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 19, 1961 while picketing the Heidelberg Hotel during the Southern Governors Conference. His Jackson Police Department identification photograph establishes that he was booked into custody. The surviving catalog has a date discrepancy on the booking placard and does not establish his release date, charge disposition or total time confined.

Case

Charges: Picketing the Heidelberg Hotel during the Southern Governors Conference in Jackson
Arrested: Jul 19, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 19, 1961
Sentence: Booked by the Jackson Police Department on July 19, 1961; exact release date and total confinement not located.