1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Frank Nelson as Freedom Rider

1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Frank Nelson as Freedom Rider

New York CORE members

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Frank Nelson as a Freedom Rider. As a member of New York CORE, he was an active member and one of the earliest members of the chapter when they transferred uptown.
He married fellow Freedom Rider Patricia Smith, a Black member of New Orleans CORE.

Jackson, Mississippi Police Department

Eric Etheridge, 'Breach of Peace'

Atlas and Co.

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Mississppi 1961