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Thomas, Sandra Nixon

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Biography:

Member of Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and participant in Freedom Rides of 1961. She traveled by train from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi on May 31, 1961, where she was arrested and charged with breach of peace for attempting to use a public restroom.

Associated Subjects:

Thomas, Sandra Nixon
Thomas, Sandra Nixon--Interviews

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

2 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Oral history interview with Sandra Nixon, 2001

Creator:: Thomas, Sandra Nixon
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
University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture
University of Mississippi. Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
University of Mississippi. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Sandra Nixon following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 30

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-05-30
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History