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Judy Jenkins

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Louisiana
Support
Civil Rights Communism
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Biography

Judy Jenkins was a New Orleans civil-rights activist arrested with her husband Grady in 1957 under Louisiana's criminal-anarchy and anti-subversion laws for refusing to answer the Eastland subcommittee. The couple, parents of two small children, were prosecuted in what supporters called a Red-scare diversion tied to segregation politics.

Case

Charges: Louisiana criminal-anarchy and anti-subversion (sedition) laws
Sentence: Held on bail; faced up to 20 years
Convicted: Arrested 1957; awaiting trial