Biography
Yvonne Klein participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 1963.
According to a contemporary report in The Militant, before the Albany imprisonment this participant was arrested during the same peace walk in Griffin, Georgia, on November 9, 1963. Yvonne Klein was shocked on her legs and upper thighs inside the jail reception room. The contemporary report states that the entire group was released later that day after obtaining permission to continue the walk.
Photo credit
Yvonne Klein in Albany, Georgia, early 1964, from the Gene Keyes CNVA photographic album, image 10. Photographer unknown; the album suggests Kanaga with a question mark. Exact rectangular crop (500,95,880,600) from the 1398x956 original; retained pixels unchanged. Historical educational use; no open-license claim. Source.
The contemporary CNVA bulletin individually names this walker among those arrested December 23, 1963 and reports confinement at Albany City Jail. This adds the jail location without changing the existing custody dates.
According to a contemporary report in The Militant, before the Albany imprisonment this participant was arrested during the same peace walk in Griffin, Georgia, on November 9, 1963. Yvonne Klein was shocked on her legs and upper thighs inside the jail reception room. The contemporary report states that the entire group was released later that day after obtaining permission to continue the walk.
