Robert Zellner

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Robert Zellner

Biography

Robert Zellner was a SNCC field secretary — the only white participant in the Oct. 4, 1961 McComb, Mississippi student demonstration — who was beaten by a mob on the courthouse steps, jailed two days, and charged with breach of the peace and contributing to the delinquency of minors.

Case

Charges: Breach of the peace; contributing to the delinquency of minors — McComb demonstration
Sentence: Jailed and charged for the McComb protest
Convicted: Arrested Oct. 1961; released on $300 bond

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