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Robert Edwin King

Released
Full name:Robert King
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Alabama
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

The Rev. R. Edwin King, a white theological student, was jailed in Montgomery, Alabama in 1960 for attempting to dine with a Black companion at the Jefferson Davis Hotel. First given 10 days and a $200 fine, he was re-sentenced on July 13 to three months at hard labor and freed on bond pending appeal.

Case

Charges: Segregation / breach-of-peace law
Sentence: Three months at hard labor (on appeal) Verdict as recorded: Convicted; re-sentenced July 13, 1960 Charges as recorded: Segregation / breach-of-peace law — an interracial dining protest
Convicted: Yes