Mardon Walker
American, born 1945
BiographyIn 1964, 18-year-old white Connecticut College sophomore Mardon Walker was an exchange student at Spelman College, a historically Black college in Georgia. On January 13, 1964, she joined a sit-in with twelve other individuals at a segregated diner. She was arrested along with the twelve other individuals and charged with trespass as a result of her joint participation in an attempt to obtain service at the Krystal, a hamburger stand in Atlanta. White prisoners beat Walker, and Martin Luther King, Sr., advocated to move her to solitary.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Durward T. Pye sentenced her to 12 months hard labor, 6 months prison, and a $1,000 fine. He set an astonishing $15,000 bail. An African American restaurant owner, Mr. Frazier, offered his property as bond. Walker was released on February 22 and later returned to Georgia for appeals. The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it in 1965.
Source: Mardon R. Walker, Appellant, v. State of Georgia, Appellee, 417 F.2d 1 (5th Cir. 1969), Justia (US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 417 F.2d 1 (5th Cir. 1969) September 29, 1969). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/417/1/190141/.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Durward T. Pye sentenced her to 12 months hard labor, 6 months prison, and a $1,000 fine. He set an astonishing $15,000 bail. An African American restaurant owner, Mr. Frazier, offered his property as bond. Walker was released on February 22 and later returned to Georgia for appeals. The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it in 1965.
Source: Mardon R. Walker, Appellant, v. State of Georgia, Appellee, 417 F.2d 1 (5th Cir. 1969), Justia (US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 417 F.2d 1 (5th Cir. 1969) September 29, 1969). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/417/1/190141/.
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