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Joyce Barrett

Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Georgia
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Biography

Joyce Barrett was detained during civil-rights demonstrations reported in May 1963.

The newsletter identifies Joyce Barrett among three women arrested May 21 while distributing handbills opposing a bond issue for facilities whose desegregation city officials would not guarantee. It explicitly lists her among those then in Albany city jail. No discharge date or final duration is provided.

Source: SNCC Newsletter, May 21, 1963, pages 1–2.

Case

Arrested: May 21, 1963