Word: weaver
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Claude L. Weaver '65, of Dunster House and Atlanta, Ga., and a fellow student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker were freed from a Jackson, Miss., jail on $500 bail Friday night...
...Weaver and his companion, Edward Hollander of Baltimore, were arrested Feb. 7 for "conspiring to intimidate a family" in connection with a SNCC-organized boycott in Canton, Miss. Over a dozen other Canton civil rights workers jailed last month for distributing leaflets were also released...
...telephone interview with the CRIMSON last night Weaver flatly denied the charges against him and said that he would continue working for SNCC in Canton "unless something major happens...
...Weaver complained about the treatment he received from Jackson police, saying that he was cursed, slapped, knocked to the floor and kicked by the officer who booked him because he answered a question with the words "That's right, air." The incident was witnessed by over 20 police officers and fellow prisoners. While in jail he was not allowed to receive mail or visitors, contrary to usual Jackson prison policy...
Miss King termed Weaver's arrest part of a "purge" of rights workers by the Canton authorities. She noted that every one of the 20-odd CORE and SNCC workers in Canton had been jailed since Jan. 22 on charges varying from publishing libel to burning trash without a permit. Ball in every case was very high, she said. For disturbing the peace...