William Holmes Borders

Released
Full name:William Borders
Date of birth:24. 02. 1905
Date of death:23. 11. 1993
Age:88† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Georgia
Support
Civil Rights
William Holmes Borders

Biography

The Reverend William Holmes Borders was pastor of Atlanta’s Wheat Street Baptist Church and a leader of the Love, Law and Liberation Movement. Police arrested him on January 10, 1957 after he and five other Black ministers deliberately rode in seats reserved for white passengers to test Georgia’s bus-segregation law. He was fingerprinted and released on $1,000 bond that day.

Case

Charges: Violating Georgia’s bus-segregation transportation law
Arrested: Jan 10, 1957
Incarcerated: Jan 10, 1957
Released: Jan 10, 1957
Sentence: Fingerprinting and same-day release on $1,000 bond.

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