Biography
Nora Wilson, a Black domestic worker, was imprisoned at Wetumpka in 1940 after defending her sister against a white employer.
Nora Wilson, a Black domestic worker, was imprisoned at Wetumpka in 1940 after defending her sister against a white employer.
Robin D. G. Kelley documents Wilson’s arrest before her August 1940 indictment. The Southern Negro Youth Congress’s Cavalcade covered her case in May 1941 and reported her actual departure from Wetumpka in its October 1941 issue, as documented in The Heart of the Collective, p. 191 and notes 24–25. Only the supported years are entered.
