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Listen: The Blues ProgramUnidentified Freedom Riders in the Greyhound bus station lunchroom with the "Tallahassee Ten".
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Date Note
Rights
Collection
, M87- 27, Box 9
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Jim Crow
Race discrimination
Segregation
Discrimination in public accommodations
Bus terminals--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Freedom Rides, 1961
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Political activity
Political activists
African American civil rights workers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Political participation
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
In June 1961 Interfaith Freedom Riders challenged segregated interstate buses by traveling from Washington, D.C. to Tallahassee, Florida. After successfully completing the Freedom Ride they had planned to fly home but first decided to test whether or not the group would be served in the segregated airport restaurant. As a result 10 Freedom Riders, later known as the Tallahassee Ten, were arrested for unlawful assembly. They were released on bond following their conviction and sentence later that same month which was followed by about 3 years of legal appeals. The 10 original riders later returned to Tallahassee to serve brief jail terms in August 1964 and were released after serving 4 days of their 60-day sentences.
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