C. K. Steele

Released
Date of birth:17. 02. 1914
Date of death:19. 08. 1980
Age:66† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Rights NAACP
C. K. Steele

Biography

C. K. Steele was the Tallahassee NAACP president and leader of the Inter-Civic Council, which ran the Tallahassee bus boycott.

The Rev. In 1956 he was one of 21 Black men convicted of operating an 'illegal transportation system' — the boycott car pool — each given a 60-day suspended sentence and a $500 fine, with the convictions on appeal.

Case

Charges: Operating an unlicensed transportation system
Arrested: August 1956
Sentenced: October 1956
Released: August 1956
Sentence: 60-day suspended sentence and a $500 fine
Convicted: Yes

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