Prensky, Catherine Jo, 1943-
- Authoritative Name:
- Prensky, Catherine Jo, 1943-
- Biography:
- Catherine Jo Prensky was working as student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin when she was arrested for her participation in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. As part of the Freedom Ride, Prensky, along with nine others, took a Greyhound bus from Nashville, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi where she was arrested on 29 July 1961.
- Associated Subjects:
- Prensky, Catherine Jo, 1943-
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Catherine Jo Prensky following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 29
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1961-07-29
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History