Anna H. Morgan

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Full name:Anna Morgan
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Ohio
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Anna H. Morgan — known to supporters as 'Grandmother Morgan' — was fined $3,200 (a hundred dollars on each of 32 counts) for invoking the Fifth Amendment before the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission. She appealed the fine, declaring 'I'm fighting mad.'

Case

Charges: Contempt —
Sentence: $3,200 in fines (under appeal) Charges as recorded: Contempt — for invoking the Fifth Amendment before the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Convicted: Fined 1954; on appeal in 1955

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