Freedom Still Needs a Ride

Please, please, please be sure to check out the NY Times Magazine this weekend, it's going to feature stories and images of some 1960s Freedom Riders, two of whom are Robert and Helen Singleton (mís padres). I'm not completely certain of the angle of the article but I believe it will print a number of historic mugshots including these:


read his desccription


read her desccription

A few months ago, when we began planning a project of our own about the Freedom Rides, I searched and searched online and finially uncovered these images of my parents from 1961 when they were arrested in Jackson, Miss. for their involvement with the Freedom Rides. A very long time ago they'd actually shown me fragile xerox copies that they had of these two pictures but not till now did I get a hold of reusable electronic versions. The pictures are amazing, the web is amazing, and there's more info at the site where I dug up these raw jpegs:
    http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/Freedom_Riders/