Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006
- Biography:
- William Sloane Coffin was chaplain at Yale University in 1961 when he led a group of professors and one law student to Atlanta where the group joined with Charles Jones and Clyde Carter in a freedom ride to Montgomery on May 24, 1961. The group was arrested the next day before leaving the city for trying to integrate the bus station lunch counter.
- Associated Subjects:
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John Maguire, Charles Jones, Dave [sic] Smith, William Coffin and Gaylord Noyce (left to right) sitting around a table during a meeting at an unknown location, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-26-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John Maguire, Charles Jones, Dave [sic] Smith, William Coffin and Gaylord Noyce sitting at a table during a meeting at an unknown location, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-25-1-1-1.jpg)
