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Walker, Matthew

Biography:

A nineteen-year old Fisk University student, Walker rode a Trailways bus as part of the May 24, 1961 Freedom Ride from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi. He was arrested on 24 May 1961 in Jackson for his participation.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21 (Black-and-white photographs)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Matthew Walker, Jr. following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 24 (Black-and-white photographs)