Biography
Walter Collins was a Black anti-draft organizer with the Southern Conference Educational Fund who organized poor Black and white people in Mississippi. Right On! of November–December 1972 reports that he entered prison in November 1970 and was held at Texarkana, Texas, serving five five-year sentences for refusing to be drafted. It describes punishment after a prison work stoppage and the restoration of 157 days of good time following a public campaign for his freedom. The detailed article forecasts release on November 6, 1972; an actual release date and total time served have not been established. Source: Right On! Vol. 2 No. 6, November–December 1972, PDF p. 26 / printed p. 21.
The Black Panther reported that anti-draft organizer Walter Collins was arrested at his New Orleans home on November 27, 1970, held in Parish Prison and then taken to federal prison at Texarkana. It described a five-year draft-refusal sentence, denial of bail and the Supreme Court’s December 10 refusal to reconsider his case. The article does not establish his ultimate release day or total time served. The Black Panther, January 9, 1971, original PDF page 6. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1971-01-09-black-panther-vol-4-no-28.pdf#page=6
The November 13, 1981 Revolutionary Worker lists Walter Collins, identified as imprisoned for draft resistance during the Vietnam War, among endorsers of the Mass Proletarian War Crimes Tribunal of U.S. Imperialism. The endorsement supplies political activity and contemporary identification; it does not establish a new custody admission or release. Source: https://bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/RW/1981/RW130-English-OCR-sm.pdf#page=14
