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Bass, Robert Earl

Biography:

Robert Earl Bass was a student at Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi when he was arrested for his participation in a sit-in at the Trailways bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi on 4 July 1961.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
  • Bail for Belzoni; [n.d.] (Text)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • King--February-March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 3) (Reports)
  • SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 6) (Pamphlets)
  • Werner--Hank Werner papers; Z: Accessions, M65-066, Box 1, Folder 5 (Text)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Robert Earl Bass following his arrest for his participation in a sit-in at the Trailways bus station in Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 4 (Black-and-white photographs)