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Washington, John R., 1928-

Biography:

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John R. Washington was working as a minister in San Francisco, California when he was arrested for his participation in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. As part of the Freedom Ride, Washington, along with eight others, was arrested in the airport in Jackson, Mississippi on 21 July 1961.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with John Washington, 2001 (Oral histories)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John R. Washington following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 21 (Black-and-white photographs)