Euvester Simpson

Released
Date of birth:12. 12. 1945
Age:80
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Euvester Simpson

Biography

Euvester Simpson was a Mississippi SNCC organizer jailed with Fannie Lou Hamer and other civil-rights workers in Winona in June 1963. Her oral history describes several nights in custody and caring for Hamer after the jail beatings.

Case

Charges: Arrest following use of the segregated Winona bus terminal; exact individual charge unverified
Arrested: Jun 9, 1963
Incarcerated: Jun 9, 1963
Released: June 1963
Sentence: Arrested June 9, 1963 and held for several nights. Her oral history places release later that week, around Wednesday; exact release day is not asserted.

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