Gordon, Albert F.
Biography:
At the age of 27, Gordon, then a history teacher at Brooklyn, New York's Tilden High School and a CORE member, rode from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi via Trailways on July 9, 1961. He was arrested. Gordon was involved in both the labor and civil rights movements.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Arrest record and offense reports (Federal government records)
- FBI file #157-333 regarding arrest of freedom riders; July 14, 1961 (Federal government records)
- FBI teletype, SAC Mobile to Director FBI and SAC-S New Orleans, New York, and Chicago; July 9, 1961 (Federal government records)
- SAC New Orleans to Director, FBI; October 11, 1961 (Federal government records)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)