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Al McSurely

Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

Civil-rights organizer in the eastern Kentucky coal belt arrested with his wife Margaret on sedition charges; their home was raided, papers seized by Sen. John McClellan's subcommittee, and their house later bombed. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.7 (1978) covers their decade-long case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v18 no.7; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Sedition
Sentence: Arrested with his wife Margaret on sedition charges; home raided, papers seized by Sen. John McClellan's subcommittee, house later bombed. The decade-long case reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Verdict as recorded: No — Kentucky sedition statute ruled unconstitutional
Convicted: No