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G. E. Graves

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Florida
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Civil Rights Civil Liberties NAACP
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Biography

G. E. Graves Jr. was an NAACP attorney in Miami, cited for contempt by the Florida Legislative Investigating Committee (the 'Johns Committee') when he refused to answer its questions during the 1958 hearings that sought to expose and dismantle the NAACP in the wake of school desegregation.

Case

Charges: Contempt of the Florida Legislative Investigating ('Johns') Committee
Sentence: Cited for contempt
Convicted: Cited for refusing to answer the committee