Samuel Reynier Tyson

AKA: Sam Tyson; Samuel R. Tyson
Released
Date of birth:03. 02. 1919
Date of death:17. 06. 2002
Age:83† Deceased
Era:1960s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
6 Months
Support
Committee for Nonviolent Action Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Biography

Samuel Reynier Tyson was a California Quaker, farmer and peace organizer associated with the Committee for Nonviolent Action and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. He helped the Everyman anti-nuclear campaign and was imprisoned in 1962. His obituary records six months actually served.

Case

Charges: Contempt of federal court order prohibiting the Everyman nuclear-test protest voyage
Sentenced: July 1962
Sentence: Six-month contempt sentence in 1962; six months served according to his obituary. A contemporary Santa Rita letter reports his solitary confinement. Exact admission and release dates are unverified.

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