Edward E. Strong

Released
Full name:Edward Strong
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Edward E. Strong was a Black Communist leader, one of seven top Massachusetts Communists arrested under the Smith Act on May 29, 1956 and arraigned that June before Judge Bailey Aldrich in Boston.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Sentence: Charged under the Smith Act
Convicted: Arrested May 1956; arraigned June 1956

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