Bessie Herman

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:California
Support
Communism
Bessie Herman

Biography

Bessie Herman was arrested and clubbed leading a 1930 Oakland, California City Hall demonstration protesting police brutality against a Trade Union Unity League shop-gate meeting at the USL Battery Company, and sentenced to a suspended six-month sentence.

Case

Arrested: 1930
Sentence: A suspended six-month sentence.
Convicted: Yes

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