Gober, Bertha

Authoritative Name:

Gober, Bertha

Biography:

Bertha Gober, a student at Albany State College, was arrested November 22, 1961 after testing for compliance in the bus station with the ICC ruling banning segregation in facilities for interstate travel. She was arrested again on December 10, 1961 along with Charles Jones, Willa Mae Henderson, and eight freedom riders from Atlanta.

Associated Subjects:

Gober, Bertha
Gober, Bertha--Imprisonment

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

4 items in 2 collections (expand all)

CORE--Violence and harassment summary reports (Southern Regional Council, COFO, SNCC, CORE), 1963-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 94)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 4)

Creator:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date of Original:: 1930/2002
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Starobin--SNCC 1963-1966 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 3)

Creator:: Starobin, Robert S.
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Laurie Pritchett, Albany police chief, speaking to reporters about the arrest of freedom riders in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December 10

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-12-10
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Gober, Bertha

Freedom Summer Digital Collection

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection