A. D. King

Released
Date of birth:30. 07. 1930
Date of death:21. 07. 1969
Age:38† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Georgia
Time Imprisoned:
4 Days
Support
Civil Rights
A. D. King

Biography

A. D. King was a minister and younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. who was arrested during the March 1960 sit-ins.

The Rev. A. D. King — Alfred Daniel King, younger brother of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — was one of 79 people arrested in March 1960 in the sit-in demonstrations at a dozen Atlanta eating places, booked under Georgia's anti-trespass and breach-of-peace laws and its Anti-Mask Act.

Cases

Charges: Anti-trespass / breach of peace / Anti-Mask Act — Atlanta sit-ins
Birmingham City Jail
Charges: Criminal contempt of court
Arrested: Oct 30, 1967
Incarcerated: Oct 30, 1967
Released: Nov 3, 1967
Sentence: Five days in jail and a $50 fine for contempt, upheld on appeal. Taken into custody at Birmingham airport October 30, 1967 and held in Jefferson County Jail. Released early on November 3, 1967, before a planned vigil, by Judge William Barber; the actual custody interval was shorter than the five-day sentence.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Alabama

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