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Evans, John M., 1930-

Biography:

African American Episcopal priest from Toledo, Ohio who participated in the September 12, 1961 Freedom Ride of Episcopal priests from New Orleans to Detroit. Evans was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1961.

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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 John M. Evans following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride of Episcopal clergymen, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 September 13 (Black-and-white photographs)