Glenda Jean Gaither

Released
Date of birth:1943
Age:83
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Glenda Jean Gaither

Biography

Glenda Jean Gaither was an eighteen-year-old Claflin College student arrested after arriving by train in Jackson, Mississippi on May 30, 1961 as a Freedom Rider. The Civil Rights Digital Library holds her named arrest photograph, whose title misspells her name Glinda. Her disposition and release are unresolved in the catalog record.

Case

Charges: Breach of the peace — Freedom Ride arrival at the Jackson Illinois Central terminal, May 30, 1961.
Arrested: May 30, 1961
Incarcerated: May 30, 1961
Sentence: Held in Jackson following the May 30, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest. Her American Experience interview describes Hinds County jail and subsequent confinement at Parchman. Her individual release date and total time served remain unverified.

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