Ralph Di Gia

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War War Resisters League
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Biography

Ralph Di Gia was a longtime War Resisters League figure (treasurer of the Civil Defense Protest Committee) arrested at City Hall Park in the April 28, 1961 protest against the compulsory civil-defense drill; as a repeat offender he was held on $500 bail.

Case

Charges: Refusing to take shelter
Sentence: Held on $500 bail for the antinuclear protest Charges as recorded: Refusing to take shelter during a civil-defense drill (NY Defense Emergency Act)
Convicted: Arrested April 1961 (repeat offender)

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