Evening star., 1961-05-25
RACIAL
Planes Accompany
Buses on journey

diSembarked and walked i'm
mediately into the white wait
ing room and headed for the
restaurant. A policeman barred
their way.
Police Capt. j. L. Ray pushed
through and addressed them.
You all will have to move out"
Put Under Arrest
The Freedom Riders stood
still. You're going to move?"
inquired Capt. Ray quietly.
NO." the answer came back.
Then you all are under arrest"
the captain said.
A policeman moved among
the riders taking their names,
addresses. Then the demon
strators filed out and stepped
into the patrol wagon. AS it
drove off the faint tune of a
hymn came from the barred
wagon.
The first group >of demon
strators, who say they follow
a Gandhi-like policy of nom
violence. went off in fashion
equally peaceful and in a
pantomime sort of way, too. Mr..
Dietrich was almost left behind.
He had to scramble from the
terminal to join the others for
the ride to Jail.
City Prosecutor j. A. Jack |
Travis said the two groups may
be tried together. We're going
to treat these cases just as any
other" he said.
Allowed Phone Calls
The police officials, who
never once mentioned the
States segregation laws. allowed
the spokeSmen for the Freedom
Riders to make the telephone
calls they wanted about counsel
and bond. if desired.
In a little while the two
groups had arranged for Jack
Young, jackson Negro attorney,
to represent them. The demon
strators could be fined up to
$500 and given six months in
Jail for refusing to obey an
officer, and a fine of $400 and
two months in jail for breach
of peace, MissiSsippi's euphoni-
GUS way of referring to a viola
tion of its segregation laws.
Several of those arrested
were in the original group
whose arrival in Montgomery /,
on Saturday set off rioting and
brought martial law.
The names and addresses
they gave the Jackson police
were: Mr.. Dietrich, 1928 Porter
street NV; Matthew Walker,
Nashville. Tenn; Jean Gather
inc Thompson, New Orleans;
Julia Aaron, New Orleans stu
dent; James Luther Bevel,
Nashville; Joseph Carter,
Brooklyn; the Rev. C. T.
Vivian. Nashville; Joseph Car
ter, Brooklyn; David j. Dennis,
Shreveport; Alexander M. An
derson, Nashville; Harold An
derSon Atlanta; Bernard Lafay-
cite, Hillsboro, Fla, and the !
Rev. James M. Lawson of
Nashville, one of the move !
leaders. 1
Other Members
The other white member, who ,
was in the second group. was
Peter M. Ackerberg, %, of New
York, a student at Antioch
College in Ohio, VINO was work
ing in Montgomery when he
joined the freedom ride. Other
Of this group were: /,
Henry j. Thomas, John H.
Moody, jr., and Clarence Lloyd
Thomas, former Howard Uni
versity students; Leroy Glenn
Wright, the Rev. Grady H.
Donald. John Lee Copeland,
John Robert Lewis, Ernest Pat
ten, Lucretia r. Coloins, all of
Nashville; Frank G. Holloway,
Dion Tyronne Dia-
Petersburg, Va; Doris C.
Castle and jerome M. Smith,
New Orleans, and James L.
Farmer of New York.
The first group made four
rest and stretch stops in Ala
bama, one marked by a bomb
scare, and none at all in the
90-mile dash from the border
to Jackson. The second made
only one stop aside from the j
brief halt at the State line to {
transfer the convoy operation J
from Alabama to Mississippi !
authorities.
More than 300 National
Guardsmen, with carbines and