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.
Zinn individually names this Freedom Rider among those jailed in Albany following the December 10, 1961 railway-terminal arrests. The account says Hayden was released before the remaining group; it does not supply an individual final discharge day or a complete duration for this person. Howard Zinn, Albany, Southern Regional Council SRC22, January 8, 1962, original PDF page 17. Source: https://www.crmvet.org/info/6201_zinn_albany.pdf#page=17
Calculated release date for the stay beginning October 4, 1961: October 6, 1961, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 2 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning October 4, 1961: October 6, 1961, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 2 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
The May 21 newsletter names him as Bob Zellner among the Freedom Walkers arrested May 3 after crossing into Alabama and still held at Kilby State Prison, Montgomery. The reported eighteenth day is an observation of ongoing confinement, not a final duration. No first physical admission or final release date is supplied.
