Source

State Archives of Florida, Series L64

Description

Page 239 from Volume 18 (Volume W) of the "Register of Prisoners Confined in the County Jail of Leon County, Florida." The complete volume is available at the State Archives of Florida. Included on this page are nine members of the "Tallahassee Ten" who served short jail sentences for unlawful assembly after attempting to integrate the Savarin restaurant at the Tallahassee Regional Airport. They were originally convicted in 1961.

Date

1964-08

Creator

Leon County. Sheriff's Office.

Format

Registers (lists)

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Topic

Slavery And Race Relations

Subjects

African Americans--Civil rights
Barnhart, William
Bracewell, James Willie
Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001
Bunch, Dennis
Cash, James
Civil rights workers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Collier, John W.P., Jr., 1914-
Colvin, Tray
Cooper, Jack
Discrimination in public accommodations
Dresner, Israel Seymour, 1929-
Freedman, Martin, 1926-2007
Gaskins, John Wesley
Grooms, Ronald
Hardge, Arthur Lynwood, 1927-1983
Hartmire, Wayne C., Jr.
Interfaith Freedom Riders
Jones, Betty Jean
Kelly, Oliver
McCloud, Lucille
McKinney, Petty Daniel Webster, 1920-1999
Muse, Clarence
Perdue, Millore
Pittman, Eliza
Pitts, Harvey E.
Political activists
Prisoners--Registers
Race discrimination
Richerson, James S.
Savarin Restaurant (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Segregation
Shuler, Lewis C.
Smith, Joseph
Smith, palmer
Stokes, Tommy M.
Stone, Robert John, 1919-
Tallahassee Regional Airport (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Tate, Leroy
Vickers, Robert Lee
Warner, Austin McRaven, 1919-1997
Webb, Rachel
Webb, Wade, Jr.

Geographic Term

Tallahassee
Leon County

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. Nine of the 10 original riders (one paid the fine) later returned to Tallahassee to serve brief jail terms in August 1964 and were released after serving 4 days of their 60-day sentences.