Biography
Willa Mae Henderson was an Albany State College student arrested as a bystander at the Albany train station on December 10, 1961. Howard Zinn’s contemporary report, naming her Willie Mae Jones, places her in the county jail for part or all of the following week. Her exact admission, release, completed duration and case outcome remain unresolved.
The December 16, 1961 Mississippi Free Press names Willie Mae Henderson in the same eleven-person arrest. The University of Georgia archive identifies Willa Mae Jones as an alternate name for Henderson; Zinn’s report calls the student bystander Willie Mae Jones.
Sources: Mississippi Free Press, December 16, 1961, page 3; University of Georgia identity record; Howard Zinn, Albany report, printed page 15.
