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Arrington W. High

Released
Date of birth:1910
Age:116
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Mississippi
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Arrington W. High

Biography

Arrington W. High was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on August 27, 1954, for distributing literature without a municipal permit — an arrest recorded by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and preserved in the Civil Rights Digital Library with an individually identified police photograph. The catalog establishes the arrest but not the disposition or the release date; those fields are unresolved pending court or jail records.

Case

Charges: Distributing literature without a municipal permit — arrested Jackson, August 27, 1954.
Arrested: Aug 27, 1954
Sentence: Arrested 1954-08-27. The Civil Rights Digital Library establishes the arrest and the identification photograph but not the disposition, any transfer to Parchman, or the release date — unresolved pending court, jail, or penitentiary records.
Convicted: Unresolved — the arrest is documented; the disposition is not established in the CRDL record