John Collier

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Rights
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Biography

John Collier was one of a group of clergymen who rode as Freedom Riders to test segregated facilities in Florida in June 1961 and were arrested after a sit-in at the Tallahassee airport restaurant.

Case

Charges: Breach of peace / trespass — Tallahassee airport Freedom Ride
Sentence: Arrested testing travel desegregation; released on bond
Convicted: Arrested at the Tallahassee airport (1961)

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