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Teletype, FBI SAC Mobile to Director FBI and SAC-S New Orleans, New York, and Chicago; July 9, 1961

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Identifier	mus-afg002
Title	Teletype, FBI SAC Mobile to Director FBI and SAC-S New Orleans, New York, and Chicago; July 9, 1961
Description	From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Teletype communications from the FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Mobile to the FBI Director and SAC-S in New Orleans, New York, and Chicago regarding the actions of Freedom Riders traveling from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, via Trailway bus. Notice of the action was released to the FBI via Tom Gaither of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Montgomery.
Creator	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Date	9 July 1961
Coverage (time period)	1961-07-09
Subject	Civil rights workers. Civil rights demonstrations. United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 2-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Earchives/m337.htm; This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M337 Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.
Source	Box 1, Folder 4
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.

Title	Page 1
File size	1879.64 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1588
Height	2078
Color space	Grayscale
Transcript	FBI teletype, SAC Mobile to Director FBI and SAC-S New Orleans, New York, and Chicago; July 9, 1961 Transcript Page 1 Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice Communications Section JUL 9 1961 TELETYPE Urgent 7-9-61 9-28 CST WLM To Director FBI and SAC-S New Orleans, New York, and Chicago From SAC Mobile /157-96/ 1 P Freebus, RM. RE My tel this date to WA and NO. Group of Eight Freedom Riders departed Trailway bus no. five one three nine, seven thirty five a.m. this date for Jackson. Tom Gaither, CORE, Montgomery, Alabama, gave press representative present copy of telegram reported sent Governor Ross Barnett of Miss. From this group offering to meet with him to discuss issues and expressing willingness to be illegally jailed if settlement not reached. Telegram further identified following freedom riders in this group as Robert Rogers, Rutgers, N.J., University English Instructor, Albert Gordon, New York City High School History Teacher, Steven Greenstein, Brooklyn College Student, Lione Goldbard, poet from Brooklyn, New York, Daniel Burkholder, lecturer, Chicago, Ill. Others in group included Herrick, White and Manfield previously set forth as members of Group. Greenstien identified by Gaither as WM, has the appearance of NM. Group successfully tested facilities Montgomery Trailway Bus Station End and ACK PLS WA 11-31 AM OK FBI WA JDS NO OK FBI NO LM NY OK FBI NY CN SCO
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