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Rogers, Janice Louise

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Biography:

Twenty-five year old Californian and wife of African American boxer John Copeland Rogers, Janice Rogers was arrested for her participation in a June 25, 1961 Freedom Ride from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi via the Illinois Central Railroad. While serving her term in Parchman prison, she would miscarry.

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Rogers, Janice Louise

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Janis [sic] Louise Rogers following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 25

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-06-25
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History