Simpson, Geoffrey S. (Geoffrey Sedgwick)
- Biography:
- Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1932, Geoffrey Sedgwick Simpson was an Episcopal priest at St. Bartholomew's Church in Pewaukee, Wisconsin when he was arrested for his participation in the Prayer Pilgrimage Freedom Ride in 1961. As part of the pilgrimage, Simpson, 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.
- Associated Subjects:
- Simpson, Geoffrey S. (Geoffrey Sedgwick)
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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Geoffrey Sedgewick [sic] Simpson following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride of Episcopal clergymen, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 September 13](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_2-55-7-29-1-1-1.jpg)