Thomas Madison Armstrong III

Released
Full name:Thomas Madison Armstrong
Date of birth:1941
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
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Thomas Madison Armstrong III

Biography

Thomas Madison Armstrong III was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 23, 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

Charges: Freedom Ride participation — breach-of-peace context per his oral history; arrested Jackson, June 23, 1961.
Arrested: Jun 23, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 23, 1961
Released: Jun 26, 1961
Sentence: Held in Jackson city jail and then Hinds County jail after the June 23, 1961 arrest. In his MDAH oral history he recalled a four-month sentence and $400 fine, followed by bail arranged by the Tougaloo president on his fourth day in custody, June 26.

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