Butler, Charles

Authoritative Name:

Butler, Charles

Biography:

Charles Butler was an eighteen year old student at Tennessee State University when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Butler took a bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi where he was arrested, along with thirteen others, at the Trailways terminal on 2 June 1961.

Associated Subjects:

Butler, Charles

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

8 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to Freedom Riders Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum in the waiting area of the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Riders Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum seated on a bench at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Riders John Lewis, Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum seated on a bench at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Police officers arresting Charles Butler after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Police officers arresting Charles Butler after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Police officers arresting Charles Butler and John Lewis after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:: 1961-05
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Charles Butler following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 2

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-06-02
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History