Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969

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Biography:

Born in Frankfort, Ohio in 1917, Cecil A. Thomas was working as a YMCA secretary in Berkeley, California when he was arrested for his participation in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. Thomas, along Matthew Petway and his two children, participated in a Freedom Ride from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi where the group was arrested in the Jackson airport on July 24, 1961.

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Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

4 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Oral history interview with John Washington, 2001

Creator:: Washington, John R., 1928-
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 2001

Creator:: Petway, Kredelle, 1941-
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Reverend Frances Geddes

Creator:: Geddes, Francis L., 1923-
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Thomas A. Cecil following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 24

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-07-24
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969

Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001

Sovereignty Commission Online