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William Grove

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Texas
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

William Grove was arrested in Dallas on February 25, 1931, when police attacked an unemployment demonstration. Twenty people were arrested. Authorities released the ten Black demonstrators at City Hall; several Mexican demonstrators received fines or suspended sentences. Grove, Lewis Hurst and Charles Coder remained in custody on vagrancy charges. The demonstration and the arrests formed part of the campaign for unemployment relief and equal rights in Dallas.

Case

Charges: Vagrancy following an unemployment demonstration in Dallas.
Arrested: Feb 25, 1931
Incarcerated: Feb 25, 1931
Sentence: Held on vagrancy charges after the February 25, 1931 demonstration.