Silver, Carol Ruth, 1938-

Biography:

Carol Ruth Silver was a secretary and clerk for the United Nations when she was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for her participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride Silver and five others took a Trailways bus from Nashville, Tennessee, via Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi where they were arrested on 7 June 1961.

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