Langston Goldfinch

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Louisiana
Support
Civil Rights Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
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Biography

Langston Goldfinch was a white Tulane graduate student arrested at a McCrory's lunch counter in New Orleans in September 1960 while sitting with three Black students. He was charged with criminal anarchy under Louisiana's sedition statute — facing up to ten years — along with criminal mischief and conspiracy.

Case

Charges: Criminal anarchy (Louisiana sedition statute), criminal mischief, conspiracy
Sentence: Faced up to 10 years; challenged the sedition law Verdict as recorded: Indicted; freed on bond awaiting trial Charges as recorded: Criminal anarchy (Louisiana sedition statute), criminal mischief, conspiracy — a lunch-counter sit-in
Convicted: No — pending trial

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