Ruth Esther Moskowitz

AKA: Ruth Ester Moskowitz
Released
Date of birth:1939
Date of death:1996
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Ruth Esther Moskowitz

Biography

Ruth Esther Moskowitz was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 21, 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 21, 1961
Incarcerated: Jul 21, 1961
Sentence: Jailed following the July 21, 1961 Jackson Freedom Ride arrest and subsequently held at Parchman, as recalled by fellow Freedom Rider Albert Gordon. Individual release date, sentence and final court disposition remain unresolved.

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