Law enforcement, led by police chief Ross Chambliss, and County Sheriff Fred Chappell began arresting many.
"[1] In July 1963, another march was held, in which a group of young women joined the line to attempt to purchase tickets at the movie theater, and were arrested for doing so.
Two of the Leesburg Stockade women, Carol Barner Seay and Sandra Russel Mansfield,[6] were added to the Hall of Fame of the National Voting Rights Museum in 2007.
[4] The National Museum of African American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution publicized the story of the stolen girls in 2016, and they were recognized by a resolution of the Georgia state legislature.
[7] The Americus movement resulted in a higher level of political participation by African Americans in Sumter County and the desegregation of many public places.