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George Brown

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

George Brown was a young Black worker in Pittsburgh. Carl Price’s account in the Daily Worker, July 25, 1931, page 6 says Kearns and George Brown were held under 10,000-dollar bonds each for helping prevent sheriffs from evicting an unemployed Black family on the Hill. This George Brown is separate from the later 1972 hijacking defendant. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n178-NY-jul-25-1931-DW-LOC.pdf

Case

Charges: Rioting and inciting to riot; felonious assault; resisting an officer; disturbing the peace
Sentence: Held under $10,000 bond each by publication; exact arrest, release and actual detention duration not stated.