Robertson Wood

AKA: Bob Wood
Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
10 Days
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Biography

Robertson Wood was a Canadian SNCC worker detained in Jackson, Mississippi during 1965 voting-rights protests. He described the conditions at the state fairgrounds detention compound in a contemporary first-person account.

Participated in protests associated with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

Case

Incarcerated: Jun 14, 1965
Released: Jun 24, 1965
Sentence: Ten days actually detained at the Mississippi state fairgrounds in Jackson; released June 24, 1965. Formal sentence unverified.

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