1961 Freedom Riders' 40th Reunion

Jackson, Mississippi, Veterans' Day Weekend, November 8-11, 2001

Freedom Riders Roll Call

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  1. Aaron, Julie
  2. Ackerberg, Peter
  3. Adler, Elizabeth S.
  4. Aelony, Zev
  5. Alder, Jo
  6. Anderson, Rev. Alexander
  7. Andrews, Harold
  8. Armstrong, James
  9. Armstrong,Thomas Madison III
  10. Ashby, Raymond
  11. Ashford, Johnny Frank
  12. Audain, Michael James
  13. Austin, Eddie
  14. Baer, Byron
  15. Baker, Ella
  16. Baker, William
  17. Barbee, William
  18. Barber, Carroll
  19. Barough, Albert
  20. Barry, Marion
  21. Baskerville, Patricia Dale
  22. Bass, Robert Earl
  23. Bassford, Abraham
  24. Bauknight, Gloria
  25. Baum, Robert M.
  26. Beamer, Margaret Winonah
  27. Belford, Rev. Lee (D)
  28. Bell, Larry
  29. Bell. Mary Lou
  30. Bennett, Marshall
  31. Bergman, Walter
  32. Berman, Leora
  33. Bevel, James
  34. Bigelow, Albert
  35. Biggers, Charles
  36. Blankenheim, Ed
  37. Blevins, George Marion
  38. Blue, Leo Vone (D)
  39. Blue, Mildred Juanita (D)
  40. Bohannon, Earl Jr.
  41. Booker, Simeon
  42. Booth, Charles
  43. Bordofsky, Jorgia
  44. Bouknight, Gloria
  45. Brashear, Tommie Eldridge
  46. Brice, Charles Derrick
  47. Brienes, Paul
  48. Britt, Travis O.
  49. Bromberg, Edward J.
  50. Broms, Ellen
  51. Brooks, Arthur Jr.
  52. Brooks, Paul
  53. Broucher, Thomas
  54. Brown, Elmer
  55. Brown, Lavaugn
  56. Brown, Robert McAfee (D)
  57. Brown, Vera
  58. Browning, Joan C.
  59. Bryant, Patricia Elaine
  60. Buren, Lewis Teale
  61. Burkholder, Dan
  62. Burks, Catherine
  63. Bush, Carl
  64. Butler, Charles
  65. Carey, Dr. James T.
  66. Carmichael, Stokely (D)
  67. Carter, Clyde
  68. Carter, Joan
  69. Carter, Joe
  70. Carter, Rita J.
  71. Carter, Terry
  72. Cason, Allen Jr.
  73. Castle, Doris J. (D)
  74. Castle, Oretha (D)
  75. Caston, Frank
  76. Chapman, Percy
  77. Chatham, Price
  78. Chester, Eleanor
  79. Clark, Fred Douglas
  80. Cobb, Gay
  81. Coffin, William Sloane
  82. Collier, Rev. John W.P.
  83. Collins, Lucretia
  84. Collins, Norma
  85. Cooper, Ray
  86. Copeland, John Lee
  87. Cox, B Elton
  88. Crocker, John Jr.
  89. Cruz, Kathleen
  90. Dalbert, Edmon
  91. Davidov, Marvin Allen
  92. Davis, James E.
  93. Davis, James Keet Jr.
  94. Davis, Jessie James
  95. Dellinger, Dave
  96. Dennis, David
  97. Denson, Alphonzo Jr.
  98. Denson, DeRuss, Leon
  99. DeRuss, Leon
  100. Diamond, Dion Tyrone
  101. Dietrich, Paul David
  102. Dolan, John Luther
  103. Donald, Grady
  104. Dresner, Rabbi Israel
  105. Duncan, Paul
  106. Dunn, Albert Lee
  107. Durmisai, Kwame
  108. Eisenberg, Marilyn
  109. Ervin, Eugene
  110. Esheroff, Abe
  111. Evans, James Walker
  112. Fankhauser, David B.
  113. Farel, Robert Hon.
  114. Farmer, James
  115. Feingold, Miriam
  116. Ferguson, Joel
  117. Fertig, Ralph T.
  118. Filner, Congressman Robert Earl
  119. Floyd, Ralph
  120. Forman, James
  121. Freedman, Rabbi Martin
  122. Freelon, Mary
  123. Frieze, Judith Ann
  124. Frish, Steve
  125. Fuller, Winston
  126. Gager, John Goodrich
  127. Gaither, Thomas
  128. Garbic, Joel
  129. Garde, Donna Sage
  130. Garde, Norma S.
  131. Gardener, Maxin
  132. Gathier, Glenda
  133. Geddes, Rev. Francis
  134. Gerbac, Joe
  135. Givens, Samuel
  136. Glazer, Peter
  137. Gleason, Rev. Richard Leroy
  138. Glenda. Jean
  139. Goldbart, Lionel
  140. Gordon, Albert Forrest
  141. Grady, Rev. Donald H.
  142. Graham, Rudolph
  143. Grant, Moss
  144. Green Paul S.
  145. Green, Malcom Reginald
  146. Green, Miller G. Jr.
  147. Green, Robert Lee
  148. Green, Stephen John
  149. Greenberg, Joel Ben
  150. Greenblatt, Del
  151. Greene, Gwendolyn T.
  152. Greenstein, Stephen
  153. Griffin, Frankie Lee
  154. Griffin, Littleton
  155. Griffith, Joe Henry
  156. Grisword, Richard P.
  157. Grubbs, Mike
  158. Gumbiner, Rabbi Joseph Henry
  159. Guyot, Lawrence
  160. Haley, Richard Lee (D)
  161. Hamilton, Carl
  162. Hamilton, Mary Lucille
  163. Hansen, William
  164. Harbour, William
  165. Hardge, Rev. Arthur C.
  166. Harris, Gordon Lau
  167. Harris, Herman J.
  168. Harris, Jesse L.
  169. Harrison, Mary Magdalene
  170. Hartmire, Rev. Chris Hartmire
  171. Hayden, Casey/Cason, Sandra
  172. Hayden, Thomas (Tom)
  173. Hayes, Gainnel
  174. Haynie, Charles A. (D)
  175. Heavey, Philip Jay
  176. Helene, Dorothy
  177. Heller, Robert Lawrence
  178. Hendricks, Lincoln
  179. Hermann, Susan
  180. Herrick, Jean Hardet
  181. Hirshfeld, Elizabeth Slade
  182. Hobson, Julius
  183. Holloway, George Frank
  184. Hopkins, James
  185. Horne, Andrew Jr. (D)
  186. Horne, Erma Lee
  187. Horne, Leon Daniel
  188. Hughes, Geneveve Houghton
  189. Humbles, Julian Aaron
  190. Hunt, Franklin W.
  191. Hunter, Larry Fred
  192. Ihra, Margaret O.
  193. Inghram, Jean Louise
  194. Jackson, Reginald
  195. Jenkins, Gwendolyn C.
  196. Jenkins, Robert L.
  197. John Marvin Evans
  198. Johnson, Ed
  199. Johnson, Frank
  200. Johnson, Jackie
  201. Johnson, Percy Lee
  202. Jones, James Wilson
  203. Jones, Rev. J. Charles
  204. Jorgensen, Mary Leisure
  205. Jorgensen, Russel Frederick
  206. Kale, Edward W.
  207. Kaufman, Alan
  208. Kaufman, Bob (D)
  209. Kay, Barbara Jane
  210. Kendall, Marian Alice
  211. Kerr, Margaret Ann
  212. King, Rev. Ed
  213. Knight, Pauline Edythe
  214. Kovner, Patricia
  215. Kytle, Karen Elizabeth
  216. Lafayette, Rev. Bernard
  217. Lall, Candida
  218. Lane, Mark
  219. Laursen, Per
  220. Lawson, James Morris Jr.
  221. Lee, Rev. Bernard (D)
  222. Lee, Eugene
  223. Lelyveld, Rabbi Arthur
  224. Leonard, Frederick
  225. Leonard, Margaret Burr
  226. Leons, William
  227. Levine, Eugene B.
  228. Levine, Rabbi Allan
  229. Lewis, John Congressman
  230. Libson, Norma
  231. Liggins, Claude Albert
  232. Lindner, Morton
  233. Lombard, Ruby
  234. Lowry, John
  235. Luster, Orville
  236. Lynch, Delores Williams
  237. Magabane, A. Lenora Taitt
  238. Maguire, John
  239. Mahoney, William Carl
  240. Malone, Bliss Ann
  241. Manfield, Saul Bernard
  242. Manning, Eddora Mae
  243. Martinson, Robert Magnus (D)
  244. Mason, Robert William
  245. Matzkin, Norma
  246. McCain, James T.
  247. McCollum, Mary Selyn
  248. McConnell, Douglas
  249. McDonald, Jimmy (D)
  250. McDonough, James Thomas
  251. McKinnie, Rev. Petty D.
  252. McNair, Landy Jr.
  253. Mildred, Juanita Blue
  254. Mill, Beverly Radcliffe
  255. Miller, Robert Allen
  256. Milton, Bill
  257. Mitaritonna, Rudolph
  258. Mitchell, William B. Jr.
  259. Middlebrooks, Harold
  260. Moman, Harold
  261. Moody, John P., Jr
  262. Morton, David Kerr
  263. Moscowitz, Ruth Esther (D)
  264. Muntean, Frederick Dean
  265. Muse, Rev. Grant Harland Jr.
  266. Myers, Charles David
  267. Nash, Diane
  268. Nash, Samuel Timothy
  269. Nelson, Frank Arthur
  270. Nelson, Pat Smith
  271. Newson, Moses
  272. Nixon, Sandra Marie
  273. Noyce, Rev. Gaylord B.
  274. O'Connor, Claire
  275. O'Neal, Helen Jean
  276. Oakley, Peggy
  277. Owens, Robert Lewis
  278. Pabel, Hilmar (D)
  279. Palmer, Alpha Zara
  280. Patron, Naomi
  281. Paterson, Leshert
  282. Patton, Ernest (Rip) Jr.
  283. Pavesic, Max
  284. Peck, James (Jim) (D)
  285. Perkins, Joseph
  286. Perkins, Philip Jonathan
  287. Perlman, Terry
  288. Person. Charles
  289. Pestana, Jean
  290. Peterson, Lestra Alene
  291. Petway, Rev. Alphonso Kelly
  292. Petway, Kredelle Dendy
  293. Petway, Rev. Matthew (D)
  294. Phillips, West Davis (D)
  295. Pierson, Robert Laughlin
  296. Pleune, Joan Frances (D)
  297. Pleune, Katherine A. (D)
  298. Posner, Phillip
  299. Powell, Michord
  300. Pratt, Joseph Marion
  301. Prensky, Catherine
  302. Price, Elnora R.
  303. Pritchard, Michael Leon
  304. Rand, Roena
  305. Randolph, Raymond B. Jr.
  306. Rawley, Sallie
  307. Raymond, George Jr. (D)
  308. Reagon, Cordell Hull (D)
  309. Reagon, Meryle Joy
  310. Reed, Carolyn Yvonne
  311. Reinitz, Janet Braun
  312. Reynolds, Isaac (D)
  313. Rice, Leon N.
  314. Richards, Dave
  315. Rogers, Janice Louse
  316. Rogers, John Copeland
  317. Rogers, Ralph Robert
  318. Roland. Tom
  319. Rosell, Henry (D)
  320. Rosemond, Betty Daniels
  321. Rosenbaum, Marcia Arlene
  322. Rosenberg, Rose Schorr
  323. Rosett, Jane Ellen
  324. Ross, Joseph Lee
  325. Rowley, Sally
  326. Roy, Rev. Ralph Lord
  327. Royal, Sonny
  328. Rush, Heathcliff
  329. Russ, Leon Jr.
  330. Sanfield, Steve
  331. Schwarzschild, Henry (D)
  332. Scroggins, Judith
  333. Segal, Ronnie
  334. Sellers, Charles Grier Jr.
  335. Sheviakov, Rick
  336. Shilman, Kenneth Martin (D)
  337. Shuttlesworth, Rev. Fred Sr.
  338. Siegel, Jorgia B. Yvonne
  339. Silver, Carol Ruth Hon.
  340. Simmons, Doratha Smith
  341. Simms, Obediah Lee
  342. Simpson, Etta
  343. Sims, Pauline
  344. Singer, Felix Jacques
  345. Singleton, Bob
  346. Singleton, Helen
  347. Slater, Morton Bruce
  348. Smith, George Bundy
  349. Smith, Jerome
  350. Smith, Leon Felton Jr.
  351. Smith, Mary J.
  352. Smith, Patricia
  353. Smith, Ruby Doris (D)
  354. Smith, Shirley
  355. Smith, Woolcott
  356. Sterling, Peter
  357. Stevens, Daniel
  358. Stevenson, Joseph
  359. Steward, Richard C.
  360. Stickney, Robert
  361. Stone, Robert J.
  362. Stoner, Peter Harry
  363. Sullivan, Terry John
  364. Summers, Susan Wilson
  365. Sutton, Percy E.
  366. Swanoe, Willard
  367. Swift, David E.
  368. Taylor, John Charles Jr.
  369. Taylor, Lavert
  370. Taylor, Rev. Robert B.
  371. Taylor, Wayne Leslie
  372. Teale, Buron Lewis (D)
  373. Thomas, Cecil
  374. Thomas, Clarence Lloyd Jr
  375. Thomas, Eddy Jean
  376. Thomas, Hank
  377. Thomas, Mary
  378. Thomas. Willy James
  379. Thompson, Alice
  380. Thompson, Daniel Ray
  381. Thompson, Jean Catherine
  382. Thompson, Shirley (D)
  383. Thorne, Richard
  384. Thornton, Corrin
  385. Thornton, Leotis
  386. Thornton, Percy
  387. Thurman, Lonnie
  388. Toombs, Claire Drew
  389. Townsend, Sam Jo
  390. Travis, Jimmie
  391. Triggs, Jan Leighton
  392. Triss, Lawrence Jr.
  393. Trumpower, Joan Harris
  394. Uphoff, Eugene John
  395. Valenitine, Thomas (D)
  396. Van Roland, Thomas
  397. Vance, Earl Jr. (D)
  398. Vance, Oneal
  399. Vivian, Rev. Gordy T.
  400. Wagner, Norma
  401. Wagoner, William Kiestler
  402. Wahlstrom, James Robert
  403. Walker, Matthew Jr.
  404. Walker, Robert Major
  405. Walker, Theresa Edwards
  406. Walker, Wyatt T.
  407. Warren, James
  408. Washington, John Robert
  409. Washington, Leo
  410. Washington, Ralph Edward
  411. Watkins, Hezekiah
  412. Watkins, Hollis
  413. Watts, Joe Jr.
  414. Watts, Tommie Jr.
  415. Weber, Earnest Newell
  416. Weiss, Alexander
  417. Wells, Mack Charles
  418. Wendt, William Andrew (D)
  419. Wesby, Robert
  420. White, Lula
  421. White, Melvin Lorenzo
  422. Widjonarko, Tjokroadissumarto
  423. Wilbur, Susan
  424. Williams, Ray Alley
  425. Williams, Rev. Douglas Albert
  426. Wilson, Frances L.
  427. Wilson, Helene Dorothy
  428. Wolfson, Jack
  429. Woods, Lowell A. Jr.
  430. Woodward, Vernon
  431. Word, Leslie (D)
  432. Wren, Tanya
  433. Wright, Clarence
  434. Wright, LeRoy Glenn
  435. Wykoff, Elizabeth (D)
  436. Wykoff, Richard LeRoy (D)
  437. Young, Paul Edward
  438. Zellner, John Robert (Bob)
  439. Zibulsy, Stanley
  440. Ziskind, Ellen
  441. Zu, Lewis
  442. Zuchman, Lewis
  443. Zwerg, Jim

Freedom Riders Attending

Confirmed Attendance

The following Freedom Riders have confirmed their attendance at the 40th Reunion of the Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mississippi:

  1. Aelony, Zev
  2. Audain, Michael
  3. Baum, Robert
  4. Bevel, Reverend James
  5. Blankenheim, Ed
  6. Browning, Joan
  7. Chapman, Percy
  8. Clarke, Fred
  9. Dennis, Dave
  10. Dennis, Jessie James
  11. Dolan, John
  12. Dresner, Israel Rabbi
  13. Fankhauser, David
  14. Fertig, Ralph
  15. Filner, Congressman Bob
  16. Forman, Reverend James
  17. Freedman, Rabbi Martin
  18. Geddes, Reverend Francis
  19. Gordon, Albert Forrest
  20. Green, Stephen
  21. Hamlton, Mary
  22. Hansen, Bill
  23. Hartmire, Reverend Wayne Chris
  24. Hayden, Tom
  25. Heller, Bob
  26. King, Reverend Ed.
  27. LaFayette, Bernard
  28. Levine, Rabbi Alan
  29. Libson, Norma
  30. Liggins, Claude
  31. Maguire, Dr. John
  32. McCray, Helen O’Neil
  33. McNichols, Steve
  34. Morton, Dave
  35. Mullholland, Joan Trumpauer
  36. Nelson, Frank
  37. Reinitz, Janet
  38. Roy, Reverend Ralph
  39. Silver, Carol Ruth
  40. Singleton, Helen
  41. Singleton, Robert Dr.
  42. Judge George Bundy Smith
  43. Smith, Jerome
  44. Smith, Woollcott
  45. Steward, Richard C. Pearson
  46. Stoner, Dr. Peter Harry
  47. Taylor, John
  48. Thomas, Clarence Jr.
  49. Thomas, Judith Scroggins
  50. Thompson, Jean
  51. Vivian, Reverend C.T.
  52. Watkins, Hezekiah
  53. Watkins, Hollis
  54. Zellner, Bob