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John David Maguire

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

John David Maguire, an assistant professor of religion at Wesleyan University, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 25, 1961, after Freedom Riders requested service at the recently desegregated bus-station lunch counter; his arrest number was 11934. The arrest is preserved in the digitized Montgomery mugshot series; the disposition and release are not established by that record and remain unresolved.

Case

Charges: Arrested in Montgomery May 25, 1961, after Freedom Riders requested service at the recently desegregated bus-station lunch counter; arrest number 11934.
Arrested: May 25, 1961
Sentence: Arrested 1961-05-25. 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