Calvin Woods

Released
Date of birth:13. 09. 1933
Date of death:15. 08. 2025
Age:91† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Alabama
Support
Civil Rights Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Calvin Woods

Biography

The Rev. Calvin Woods was a Birmingham pastor and a leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. In January 1959 he was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 for urging his congregation to stop riding the city's Jim Crow buses.

Case

Charges: Inciting a bus boycott — urging his congregation to stop riding segregated buses
Sentence: Six months in jail and a $500 fine
Convicted: Sentenced January 1959

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