Peter Harry Stoner

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Peter Harry Stoner

Biography

Peter Harry Stoner was arrested as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi on July 2, 1961 — the Civil Rights Digital Library holds his 1961 arrest photograph. While organizing voter registration in Hattiesburg in 1964 he was arrested five times and spent several months in the Forrest County work camp, performing road construction and suffering beatings. Neither custody period's exact dates are established in the catalog, so the 1964 spans are described in the text rather than entered as dates.

Cases

Charges: Breach of the peace — Freedom Ride arrival in Jackson, July 2, 1961.
Arrested: Jul 2, 1961
Sentence: Arrested July 2, 1961 in Jackson. The Civil Rights Digital Library establishes the arrest but not the disposition, any transfer, or the release date — unresolved pending court, jail, or penitentiary records.
Convicted: Unresolved — the arrest is documented; the disposition is not established in the CRDL record
Forrest County Work Camp
Charges: Five arrests during 1964 voter-registration organizing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; the individual charges are not specified in the catalog.
Arrested: 1964
Sentence: During 1964 he was arrested five times in Hattiesburg and spent several months in the Forrest County work camp, performing road construction and suffering beatings. The year is entered at year precision; the individual arrest and release dates are unresolved.
Convicted: Convicted at least once — he served several months in the Forrest County work camp
Institution State: Mississippi

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