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
Support
Civil Rights
A. D. King

Biography

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
Incarcerated: May 8, 1918
Sentence: Arrested in the Atlanta sit-in demonstrations
Convicted: Arrested March 1960
Birmingham City Jail
Charges: Criminal contempt of court
Sentence: Five days in jail and a $50 fine Verdict as recorded: Yes — affirmed by the Supreme Court, 5-4 (1967) Charges as recorded: Criminal contempt of court — for proceeding with the Good Friday and Easter 1963 marches in defiance of the Birmingham anti-demonstration injunction (Walker v. City of Birmingham)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Alabama

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