Breach of Peace
Subtitle: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: Sep 10, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780826521903
Description: This book includes the mug shots of all 329 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, along with contemporary portraits of 99 Riders, supplemented by interviews and brief bios. In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans--black and white, male and female--entered Southern bus and train stations to challenge the segregated waiting rooms, lunch counters, and bathrooms. The Supreme Court had ruled that such segregation was illegal, and the Riders were trying to make the federal government enforce that decision.
Notes: Source title: Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders