Source

State Archives of Florida, Series L64

Description

Page 249 from Volume 15 (Volume T) of the "Register of Prisoners Confined in the County Jail of Leon County, Florida." The complete volume is available at the State Archives of Florida. Included on this page are twelve individuals who were arrested when members of the Interfaith Freedom Riders and their supporters (the so-called "Tallahassee Ten") attempted to be served at the segregated Savarin restaurant at the Tallahassee Airport. Nine of these individuals later served short prison sentences for their involvement in the affair, following a lengthy appeals process. Priscilla Stephens (later Kruize), a FAMU student and civil rights organizer, was also arrested for resisting arrest and appears on the register.

Date

1961-06

Creator

Leon County. Sheriff's Office.

Format

Registers (lists)

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Topic

Slavery And Race Relations

Subjects

African Americans--Civil rights
Alday, Homer
Beverly, Leroy
Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001
Civil rights workers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Collier, John W.P., Jr., 1914-
Discrimination in public accommodations
Dresner, Israel Seymour, 1929-
Ellison, Theodore
Freedman, Martin, 1926-2007
Graham, Thomas D.
Hardge, Arthur Lynwood, 1927-1983
Hartmire, Wayne C., Jr.
Holly, Claude W.
Hooks, Edwin
Hunter, Charles Alvin Maurice, 1926-2011
Interfaith Freedom Riders
Kemp, Nellie Mae
Kruize, Priscilla Stephens, 1938-
Matthews, Robert
McKinney, Petty Daniel Webster, 1920-1999
Parr, Catherine
Poland, John Jefferson, 1942-
Political activists
Prisoners--Registers
Race discrimination
Rayfield, Oliver
Roy, Ralph Lord, 1928-
Savarin Restaurant (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Segregation
Snyder, B. S.
Snyder, Boyd
Stone, Robert John, 1919-
Tallahassee Regional Airport (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Warner, Austin McRaven, 1919-1997
Washington, Frank
Washington, Josephine
Williams, James C.
Williams, James R.
Williams, Ward
Wilson, Robert B.
Young, Arthur

Geographic Term

Tallahassee
Leon County

General Note

In June 1961 Interfaith Freedom Riders challenged segregated interstate buses by traveling from Washington, D.C. to Tallahassee, Florida. After successfully completing the Freedom Ride they had planned to fly home but first decided to test whether or not the group would be served in the segregated airport restaurant. As a result 10 Freedom Riders, later known as the Tallahassee Ten, were arrested for unlawful assembly. They were released on bond following their conviction and sentence later that same month which was followed by about 3 years of legal appeals. The 10 original riders later returned to Tallahassee to serve brief jail terms in August 1964 and were released after serving 4 days of their 60-day sentences.