1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Abraham Bassford as Freedom Rider

1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Abraham Bassford as Freedom Rider

New York CORE members

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Abraham Bassford as a Freedom Rider. At the time , he was 24 years old and a college student in Staten Island. As a member of New York CORE, he was one of the earliest members of the chapter when it moved uptown and an active member.

A socialist and Peace activist, he went on to become a minister and served as the chaplain at Brooklyn's Methodist Hospital.

Jackson, Mississippi Police Department

Eric Etheridge, 'Breach of Peace'

Atlas and Co.

1961

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