Peck, James

Authoritative Name:
Peck, James
Biography:
"James Peck helped to organize and represent the National Maritime Union, worked with the War Resisters League in protest of World War II, and joined the Congress of Racial Equality when the war ended. In 1947 he participated in the first freedom ride with Bayard Rustin, and years later he participated in Freedom Rides organized by CORE in 1961. He went on to help lead and organize CORE activities for seventeen years."--Eyes on the Prize Interviews, Washington University in Saint Louis.
Associated Subjects:
Peck, James
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Fred Shuttlesworth with Freedom Riders in front of a bus at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Adams, Robert
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1961-05
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider James Peck at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Adams, Robert
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider James Peck boarding an Eastern Air Lines flight to New Orleans at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1961-05
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider James Peck leaving the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, to board a flight for New Orleans.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1961-05
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider James Peck leaving the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, to board a flight for New Orleans.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1961-05
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Freedom Rider James Peck on an operating table in a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, after he was attacked by a mob at the local bus station.

Creator:
Lankford, Tom
Date of Original:
1961-05-14
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Congress of Racial Equality--Miscellaneous Publications; Pamphlet Collection, 69-318

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality
Date of Original:
1942/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

James T. McCain Calendar, 1961

Creator:
War Resisters League
Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. Libraries
South Caroliniana Library