Charles Fujimoto

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Asian
Era:1950s
State:Hawaii
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Charles Fujimoto was the chairman of the Communist Party of Hawaii and a lead defendant among the 'Hawaii Seven' arrested under the Smith Act in August 1951.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government (chairman, CP of Hawaii).
Sentence: Five years; reversed on appeal.
Convicted: Arrested August 1951; convicted 1953; reversed after Yates (1958).

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