Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006

Authoritative Name:
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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American Civil Liberties Union, Georgia, correspondence, 1965-1972

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Pemberton, John de J., Jr., 1919-2009
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
American Civil Liberties Union
New York Civil Liberties Union
Georgia Council on Human Relations
Johnston, Jon J.
Moore, J. O.
Regenstein, Louis
Robin, Frederick E.
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Date of Original:
1965/1972
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

William Sloane Coffin

Creator:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
Date of Original:
1961-05-25
Collection:
Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

WSFA audiovisual item D125.0007

Date of Original:
1969-01/1969-10
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History