Louis Lubka

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Kentucky
Support
Labor Organizing Civil Rights
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Biography

Louis Lubka was a General Electric union shop steward who was fired for refusing to testify in the 1954 Louisville sedition case. He faced a second sedition indictment over aiding a Black family's move into a white neighborhood.

Case

Charges: Kentucky sedition / criminal syndicalism.
Sentence: Lost his job; faced sedition charges. Charges as recorded: Kentucky sedition / criminal syndicalism — for aiding a Black family's move into a white Louisville neighborhood.
Convicted: Faced a second sedition indictment; fired for refusing to testify.

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