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David Simpson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:North Carolina
Support
Civil Rights
David Simpson

Biography

David 'Fuzzy' Simpson was a seven-year-old boy arrested with nine-year-old Hanover Thompson in the 1958 'Kissing Case' in Monroe, North Carolina, after a white girl kissed Thompson during a game. Charged with 'attempted rape,' the two children were jailed and committed to the Morrison Training School for an indeterminate term. A worldwide outcry and the NAACP's Robert F. Williams secured their release in early 1959.

Case

Charges: 'Attempted rape' / assault on females (tied to the children's kissing game)
Sentence: Indeterminate juvenile sentence to reform school; released in early 1959
Convicted: Jailed without counsel, then committed to the Morrison Training School