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J. C. Crenshaw

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Arkansas
Support
Civil Rights NAACP
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Biography

The Rev. J. C. Crenshaw was the president of the Little Rock NAACP branch, arrested with Daisy Bates in November 1957 for the organization's refusal to disclose its membership and finances under a city ordinance — part of the campaign against the NAACP during the Little Rock school-integration crisis.

Case

Charges: Violating a Little Rock ordinance requiring disclosure of NAACP membership lists
Sentence: Released on bond
Convicted: Arrested November 1957; released on bond