Helen Irene Singleton

AKA: Helen Irene Williams
Released
Date of birth:27. 11. 1932
Age:93
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Helen Irene Singleton

Biography

Helen Irene Singleton was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 30, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and challenging segregation in interstate transportation — one of the arrests recorded by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and preserved in the Civil Rights Digital Library. The catalog establishes the arrest, the participation, and the individually identified police photograph, but not the court disposition, any transfer to Parchman, or the physical release date; those fields are unresolved pending county-jail, court, or penitentiary records.

She described being taken first to the city jail and then incarcerated at Parchman Penitentiary; the exact admission, transfer, and release dates are unresolved.

Case

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
Charges: Freedom Ride participation — entered the segregated waiting area at the Jackson Illinois Central station and refused orders to leave, arrested July 30, 1961; city jail then Parchman maximum security.
Arrested: Jul 30, 1961
Sentence: Arrested 1961-07-30. The Civil Rights Digital Library establishes the arrest and the identification photograph but not the disposition, any transfer to Parchman, or the release date — unresolved pending court, jail, or penitentiary records.
Convicted: Unresolved — the arrest is documented; the disposition is not established in the CRDL record
Institution State: Mississippi

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