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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9 items in 6 collections (expand all)
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
Interview with Stephen Green for the Freedom Riders 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Creator:
- Green, Stephen John, 1940-
- 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
Oral history interview with John Maguire, 2001
- Creator:
- Maguire, John David
- 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
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
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
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
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
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1960-1969
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
COFFIN COMMENTS ON EFFECT OF U.S. SEGREGATION ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1961-05-01
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an interracial group of Freedom Riders holding a press conference before leaving Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 May 24
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1961-05-24
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSFA audiovisual item D125.0007
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01/1969-10
- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History