Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection

Title:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Subject:: Freedom Rides, 1961
People:: Baer, Byron M., 1929-2007
Location:: United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
Medium:: letters (correspondence)
flyers
notes
scrapbooks
news clippings
Type:: Text
Description:: This collection contains correspondence, notes, publicity flyers, scrapbook pages, newsclippings, and other materials concerning the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the 1961 Freedom Rides to Jackson, Mississippi. Most of the materials relate to Byron M. Baer’s experience as a Freedom Rider and his resulting imprisonment in the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm). Of particular interest are originals and photocopies of correspondence sent by Baer and other Freedom Riders during their imprisonment and photocopies of daily notes written by Baer on tissue during his time at Parchman.
Metadata URL:: https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/baer
Language:: eng
Original Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection Z/2309.000, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
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