John Lowery

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:North Carolina
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

John Lowery was one of the Monroe, North Carolina defendants held on the kidnapping charge that arose from the August 1961 racial conflict around the Monroe desegregation pickets, scheduled for trial on Oct. 30, 1961.

Case

Charges: Kidnapping (state)
Sentence: Jailed pending trial in the Monroe case Charges as recorded: Kidnapping (state) — the Monroe civil-rights frame-up
Convicted: Jailed on high bail; tried October 1961

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