Jenkins, Robert Lee
- Authoritative Name:
- Jenkins, Robert Lee
- Biography:
- Robert Lee Jenkins was a twenty-seven year old student at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Jenkins and two others took an airplane from St. Louis to Jackson, Mississippi where they were arrested in the Jackson Municipal Airport on 7 June 1961.
- Associated Subjects:
- Jenkins, Robert Lee
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Robert Lee Jenkins following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 7
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1961-06-07
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History