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Denson, Alfonso

Biography:

Alfonso Denson, Jr. was an eighteen year old student at James Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi when he was arrested on 7 July 1961 for his participation in a sit-in at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfonso Denson, Jr. following his arrest for his participation in a sit-in at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 7 (Black-and-white photographs)