Biography
Aaron Henry is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississippi.
Payne reports that the Clarksdale civil-rights organizer spent a week on the chain gang in July 1963 for parading without a permit. He also describes a boycott-related arrest and a separate arrest on a child-molestation allegation, without individually dating those earlier events. The recorded seven days are only the source-documented July episode, not a complete lifetime custody total. July is the reported period of service, not a proved first admission date; no admission or discharge endpoint is recorded.
Sources: Charles Payne, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom (2007 edition), original PDF page 203.
Photograph: Aaron Henry speaking as chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation at the Democratic National Convention, August 1964. Printed credit: Library of Congress. Reproduced from Charles Payne, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom, original PDF page 230.
