Richard Morrisroe

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Time Imprisoned:
6 Days
Support
Catholic Interracial Council Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Biography

Richard Morrisroe was a Chicago priest and Catholic Interracial Council member. He survived a shooting shortly after his six-day Hayneville detention.

Case

Charges: Disturbing the peace and parading without a permit (contemporary SNCC report)
Arrested: Aug 14, 1965
Incarcerated: Aug 14, 1965
Released: Aug 20, 1965
Sentence: Pretrial detention at Lowndes County Jail, Hayneville; released August 20, 1965. No individual sentencing judgment verified.

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