Butler, Charles
Biography:
Charles Butler was an eighteen year old student at Tennessee State University when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Butler took a bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi where he was arrested, along with thirteen others, at the Trailways terminal on 2 June 1961.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Fred Shuttlesworth speaking to Freedom Riders Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum in the waiting area of the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Freedom Riders Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum seated on a bench at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Freedom Riders John Lewis, Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum seated on a bench at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police officers arresting Charles Butler after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police officers arresting Charles Butler after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police officers arresting Charles Butler and John Lewis after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police officers arresting Charles Butler and John Lewis after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)