Abraham Lincoln Woods Jr.

AKA: Abraham Woods Jr.; Abraham Woods
Released
Full name:Abraham Lincoln Woods
Date of birth:07. 10. 1928
Date of death:07. 11. 2008
Age:80† Deceased
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Support
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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Biography

Abraham Lincoln Woods Jr. was an Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights cofounder and a Birmingham civil rights minister. He led an early department-store sit-in and spent five days in jail during the 1963 campaign. He later led the Birmingham SCLC and taught at Miles College.

Case

Charges: Arrest following a Birmingham department-store desegregation sit-in; exact charge unresolved
Arrested: 1963
Sentence: Spent five days in jail following the sit-in. Exact admission and release dates and any separate sentence remain unverified.

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