1961 arrest photo for CORE member Terry Perlman as Freedom Rider

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Title

1961 arrest photo for CORE member Terry Perlman as Freedom Rider

Description

This is the 1961 arrest photo for CORE member Terry Perlman as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, she was only 19 years old.
She first joined CORE to be a Freedom Rider and signed up at the national office. She would go on to become the chairman of CCNY CORE, a member of Harlem CORE and a founding member of East River CORE.
This photo (as almost all of the other Freedom Rider arrest photos on this site) comes from Eric Etheridge's book, "Breach of Peace". In the book, her name is misspelled as 'Terl Perlman'.

Creator

Jackson, Mississippi Police Department

Source

Eric Etheridge, 'Breach of Peace'.

Publisher

Atlas and Co.

Date

June, 1961

Rights

public domain

Format

image, jpeg

Type

image

Coverage

Jackson, Mississippi June , 1961

Citation

Jackson, Mississippi Police Department, “1961 arrest photo for CORE member Terry Perlman as Freedom Rider,” corenyc.org, accessed October 10, 2024, http://www.corenyc.org/omeka/items/show/111.

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