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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of press photos from the first wave of Freedom Riders. 9 wire photos, various sizes but most around 8 x 10 inches, each with San Francisco Examiner stamps and clippings on verso; all with cropping notes, some cropped or retouched. Various places, May to August 1961
A group shot shows eight suited Freedom Riders "in a truck as they wait to leave for the Hinds County Farm in Jackson." The men are not identified, but we believe John Lewis is fourth from left, James Farmer fifth from left, and the Rev. C.T. Vivian sixth from left. Jackson, MS, 29 May 1961.
Other shots: "Four female Freedom Riders shout gaily from the police patrol car," 25 June 1961; "Freedom Riders Sleep in Church," Tallahassee, FL, 16 June 1961; "Freedom Riders Board a Bus in Montgomery," 24 May 1961; Freedom Riders in Montgomery "attending rally as mob stormed outside" (cropped) 23 May 1961; a group of United States Marshals at Montgomery, 22 May 1961; "Freedom Train riders arrested in Jackson" (named), 31 May 1961; "Bay area Freedom Riders are shown under arrest for bringing mixed race group into white waiting room at railroad station," Jackson, MS. 21 June 1961; and two Freedom Riders seated at a bus depot lunch counter in Jackson (cropped and retouched), 7 August 1961.
