Collins, Lucretia
Biography:
A 21 year-old student at Tennessee State University, Lucretia Collins participated in the Nashville, Tennessee (via Birmingham, Alabama) to Montgomery, Alabama Freedom Ride from May 17 to 21, 1961 and was arrested on May 25, 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi for her participation in the Freedom Rides. Her married name is Lucretia Collins Gray.
Alternate Names:
Gray, Lucretia Collins
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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 Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum in the waiting area of the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- 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))
- Fred Shuttlesworth with Freedom Riders 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))
- Freedom Riders Lucretia Collins and Catherine Burks Brooks attempting to enter a restaurant at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police officers arresting Lucretia Collins 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)