Reagon, Meryle Joy
- Authoritative Name:
- Reagon, Meryle Joy
- Biography:
- Meryle Joy Reagon was a nineteen year old student at Tennessee State University when she was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for her participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Reagon took a bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi where she was arrested, along with thirteen others, at the Trailways terminal on 2 June 1961. Reagon was the sister of civil rights activist, Cordell Hull Reagon and later went on to marry fellow Freedom Rider Fred Leonard.
- Associated Subjects:
- Reagon, Meryle Joy
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Meryle Joy Reagon following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 2
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1961-06-02
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History