Chappell, Fred D.
- Biography:
- "Local law enforcement was led by police chief Ross Chambliss and county sheriff Fred Chappell, who Martin Luther King Jr. called "the meanest man in the world" after a visit to Americus in 1961." (From NGE article on Americus Movement: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3612&hl=y) (Viewed 4/23/08) "Other social reformers doing time in Sumter County included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was a guest of Sheriff Fred D. Chappell at the courthouse jail in December 1961." (From Remembering Americus, Georgia: Essays on Southern Life by Alan Anderson, published 2006, p. 34: http://books.google.com/books?id=svf_7DV9i6UC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=fred+d.+chappell+americus+georgia+sheriff&source=web&ots=8dI0wP2Tgi&sig=9xSXE0pJwDlLxqvLu5gl-bAhgII&hl=en) (Viewed 4/23/08) "December 1961 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent the weekend in the Sumter County jail, after Albany Movement arrest, a guest of Sheriff Fred D. Chappell" (From Local Black History Chronology compiled by Alan Anderson: http://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history/BlackHx.htm) (Viewed 4/23/08)
- Associated Subjects:
- Chappell, Fred D.
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