Wahlstrom, James Robert
Biography:
James Robert Wahlstrom was a twenty-two year-old psychology student at the University of Wisconsin when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Wahlstrom and six others took a bus from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jackson, Mississippi where they were arrested at the Trailways terminal on 6 June 1961. Wahlstrom was again arrested for his participation in a Freedom Ride on 31 July 1961 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 James Robert Wahlstrom following his arrest for his participation in a Freedom Ride, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 31 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of James Robert Wahlstrom following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 6 (Black-and-white photographs)