Biography
Barbara Murphy was taken into police-station custody during a Harlem Communist election meeting in August 1932.
The August 29, 1932 Daily Worker reports that police arrested Barbara Murphy during a Harlem Communist election meeting, charged her with resisting an officer, and moved her through the 135th Street and 123rd Street police stations to the 54th Street night court. Supporters collected the imposed $50 bail. The report establishes physical police custody without an exact discharge or complete detention length.
The August 29 Daily Worker identifies Murphy’s August arrest at a Harlem election meeting and actual custody in police stations before night court. The exact days and actual discharge remain unresolved.
