Collins, Lucretia

Authoritative Name:

Collins, Lucretia

Biography:

A 21 year-old student at Tennessee State University, Lucretia Collins participated in the Nashville, Tennessee (via Birmingham, Alabama) to Montgomery, Alabama Freedom Ride from May 17 to 21, 1961 and was arrested on May 25, 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi for her participation in the Freedom Rides. Her married name is Lucretia Collins Gray.

Alternate Names:

Gray, Lucretia Collins

Associated Subjects:

Collins, Lucretia

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

8 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to Freedom Riders 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

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

Fred Shuttlesworth with Freedom Riders 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

Freedom Riders Lucretia Collins and Catherine Burks Brooks attempting to enter a restaurant 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 Lucretia Collins following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 25

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-05-25
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History