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Pierson, Robert Laughlin, 1926-1997

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Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1926, Robert Laughlin Pierson was an Episcopal priest in New York, New York when he was arrested for his participation in the Prayer Pilgrimage Freedom Ride in 1961. As part of the pilgrimage, Pierson, along with fourteen other Episcopal clergymen, traveled from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi where he and the others were arrested in the Trailways terminal on 13 September 1961. As the son-in-law of New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, Pierson's arrest drew national attention to the Freedom Rides of 1961. Pierson died of a heart attack on 13 April 1997 at the age of seventy-one.

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Pierson, Robert Laughlin, 1926-1997

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Robert L. Pierson following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride of Episcopal clergymen, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 September 13

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-09-13
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History