Arnold Johnson

Released
Date of birth:23. 09. 1904
Date of death:01. 01. 1989
Age:84† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
6 Years 8 Months 9 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Arnold Johnson was the Communist Party USAs longtime legislative director and its principal liaison with sympathetic members of Congress and with the broader peace and civil-rights movements. Indicted in the Foley Square Second String in June 1951 and convicted with the rest of the second string in January 1953, he was sentenced to three years in federal prison.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government (Smith Act of 1940)
Arrested: Jun 19, 1951
Incarcerated: Jun 19, 1951
Released: Feb 28, 1958
Sentence: 3 years federal prison Verdict as recorded: Yes — federal jury verdict, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, January 1953
Convicted: Yes

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