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Carrie Patterson

Released
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

Carrie Patterson was a Florida A&M College student arrested with Wilhelmina Jakes on May 26, 1956 for sitting in the only available bus seats, next to a white woman — the incident that launched the Tallahassee bus boycott.

Case

Charges: 'Placing oneself in a position to incite a riot'
Sentence: Arrested; sparked the Tallahassee boycott Charges as recorded: 'Placing oneself in a position to incite a riot' — for defying bus segregation
Convicted: Arrested May 1956