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Carter, Joseph

Biography:

As a twenty-two year old American Baptist Theological Seminary student, Carter participated in a Freedom Ride from Nashville, Tennessee (via Birmingham, Alabama) to Montgomery, Alabama from May 17 to 21, 1961. Carter also took part in the ride from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi on May 24, 1961. He was arrested in Jackson on the 24th. He, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, and Samuel Collier formed the Nashville Quartet, a group that wrote and performed freedom songs.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21) (Reports)
  • Congress of Racial Equality--Miscellaneous Publications; Pamphlet Collection, 69-318 (Articles)
  • Hollander--August 17, 1963, interview with Rev. Joseph Carter, Laurel Hill, Louisiana (Edward Hollander recordings [sound recording], 1963-1964; Audio 369A) (Sound recording)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2) (Press releases)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3) (Press releases)
  • SEDFRE--Press Releases 1963-1966 (CORE) (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31, Folder 16)Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31 Folder 16 (Press releases)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Joseph Carter following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 24 (Black-and-white photographs)