Dennis Banks

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1940s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
0 months
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

Dennis Banks was a Black musician from Chicago who participated in the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation. Arrested in Asheville after refusing to move from a bus seat reserved for white passengers, he was jailed with fellow rider James Peck and later released on bail. He also faced arrest in Culpeper, Virginia, during the journey.

Case

Charges: Violating segregated bus-seating rules — Asheville
Arrested: Apr 17, 1947
Incarcerated: Apr 17, 1947
Released: April 1947
Sentence: Thirty-day road-gang sentence; released from the city jail on $400 bond. The state later dropped the case.
Convicted: Yes

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