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Joe Coya

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Joe Coya was arrested in February 1924 with sixteen other IWW members at a union conference in Sacramento, California. While awaiting trial they were confined together in a single cell, a confinement that became a focal point of IWW protests against California state repression.

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Arrested: Feb 1, 1924