Vernon Bown

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Kentucky
Support
Civil Rights Communism
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Biography

Vernon Bown was a Lincoln Brigade veteran who guarded the Wade house after a Black family bought a home in a white Louisville neighborhood in 1954. He was charged under Kentucky sedition law and also with the bombing of the house, and was jailed under bail set at $10,000 to $20,000.

Case

Charges: Kentucky sedition / criminal syndicalism.
Sentence: Jailed; bail set at $10,000 to $20,000. Charges as recorded: Kentucky sedition / criminal syndicalism — for aiding a Black family's move into a white Louisville neighborhood; also charged with the bombing.
Convicted: Indicted for sedition and charged with the bombing.

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