- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Freedom Riders Walter Bergman and B. Elton Cox with reporters
- Creator:
- Shealy, Bud
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1961-05-10
- Subject:
- Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Segregation - People:
- Bergman, Walter, 1899-1999
Cox, B. Elton (Benjamin Elton), 1931-2011 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) group members Walter Bergman, left, and B. Elton Cox are interviewed by reporters at the Trailways Bus Terminal in Columbia before catching a new bus to Sumter. CORE member Charles Person is visible behind Bergman leaning against the wall of the terminal. The CORE members traveled through the South as part of a Freedom Ride demonstration challenging segregation.
1340 Sumter Street, Columbia, S.C. - Local Identifier:
- state_267_0111
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/251
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 267, Negroes, traveling by bus from Florida to Washington on segregation business, photos in Columbia and Sumter, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
