Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945-

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Biography:

Born in 1945, Alphonso Kelly Petway was a student at Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida when he was arrested for his participation in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. Petway, along with his father, sister and Cecil A. Thomas, participated in a Freedom Ride from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi where the group was arrested in the Jackson airport on July 24, 1961.

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Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945-
Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945- --Interviews

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2 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Oral history interview with Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 2001

Creator:: Petway, Kredelle, 1941-
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alphonso Kelly Petway following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 24

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-07-24
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945-

Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001

Sovereignty Commission Online