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White, Lula Mae, 1938-

Biography:

Lula Mae White was a twenty-two year old teacher at James Ward School in Chicago, Illinois when she was arrested for her participation in the Freedom Rides. White was arrested in the Trailways terminal in Jackson, Mississippi on 9 July 1961 after she and seven others rode a bus from Montgomery, Alabama to 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 Lula Mae White following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 9 (Black-and-white photographs)