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Matthew Kennedy

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Alabama
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

Matthew Kennedy was a pensioned World War I veteran, over seventy, who drove in the Montgomery Improvement Association car pool and was one of the roughly 90 Black citizens of Montgomery indicted under the Alabama anti-boycott law in 1956. He said he was 'proud to be one of the 90.'

Case

Charges: Alabama anti-boycott law
Sentence: Awaiting trial on the boycott charge Charges as recorded: Alabama anti-boycott law — for participating in the Montgomery bus boycott
Convicted: Indicted 1956