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| Creator: | Morris, Jeffrey B. |
| Title: | Henley, Jesse Smith |
| Date: | 1917-1997 |
| Description: | Biographical entry on Jesse Smith Henley, a federal judge who presided over a number of desegregation cases, but more famously declared the Arkansas penitentiary system in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Articles |
| Subjects: | Henley, Jesse Smith, 1917-1997 | McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977 | Judges--United States--Biography | Prisons--Arkansas | United States. Federal Communications Commission | Judges--Arkansas--Biography | Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) | Saint Joe (Ark.) | Searcy County (Ark.) | Little Rock (Ark.) | Pulaski County (Ark.) |
| Collection: | Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |
| Institution: | Richard C. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies |
| Contributors: | Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |
| Online Publisher: | [Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System | 2007-03-12 |
| Rights and Usage: | copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=417 |
