O'Connor, Claire

Biography:

Claire O'Connor was a twenty-two year old nurse and student at University of Minnesota when she was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for her participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, O'Connor and six others took a Greyhound bus from Nashville, Tenneseee to Jackson, Mississippi where they were arrested on 11 June 1961.

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