Elroy Embry

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

Elroy Embry was a Black student jailed with the white theological student R. Edwin King in Montgomery, Alabama in 1960 for attempting to eat together at the Jefferson Davis Hotel. He was sentenced to three months at hard labor and released on bond pending appeal.

Case

Charges: Segregation / breach-of-peace law
Sentence: Three months at hard labor (on appeal) Verdict as recorded: Convicted; sentenced July 13, 1960 Charges as recorded: Segregation / breach-of-peace law — an interracial dining protest
Convicted: Yes

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