Biography
Robert Burns was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles Payne’s interview-based history.
Payne’s interview-based history identifies Burns as a Greenwood supporter who housed Sam Block. It describes his arrest on a bigamy allegation and a few actual days in jail before release on bail. The narrative conflicts about the exact August arrest day, so only August 1962 is recorded. No exact first admission, discharge or numerical duration is inferred.
Source: Charles Payne, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom (2007 edition), original PDF page 113; original PDF page 133.
