Frederick Vanderbilt Field

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Full name:Frederick Field
Date of birth:13. 04. 1905
Date of death:01. 02. 2000
Age:94† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism Civil Liberties Civil Rights Congress
Frederick Vanderbilt Field

Biography

Frederick Vanderbilt Field, a wealthy heir who broke with his class to become a radical, was a trustee of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund. When a federal grand jury demanded the names of the fund's contributors after four Smith Act Communists jumped bail, Field refused and was jailed for contempt in 1951, serving some nine months.

Case

Charges: Contempt of court.
Sentence: About nine months in jail. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of contempt and jailed in 1951. Charges as recorded: Contempt of court — for refusing to surrender the contributor list of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund.
Convicted: Yes

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