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Edward T. Graham

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Full name:Edward Graham
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Florida
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Biography

The Rev. Edward T. Graham was a Miami minister and NAACP leader, one of four witnesses cited for contempt by the Florida Legislative Investigating Committee — the segregationist 'Johns Committee' — when he refused to answer its questions in a 1958 probe aimed at crippling the NAACP amid the school-integration fight.

Case

Charges: Contempt of the Florida Legislative Investigating ('Johns') Committee
Sentence: Cited for contempt; resisted the anti-NAACP probe
Convicted: Cited for refusing to answer the committee