Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, 1941-
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm").The following year she was the first white student to enroll at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi and served as the local secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She later worked as a teacher, and after her retirement she established the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to educating youth about the Civil Rights Movement and how to become activists in their communities.
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| creatorOf | Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer. Papers, 1960-1966. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Mississippi's 'Freedom Summer' Reviewed: A fifteen year perspective on progress in race relations, 1964-1979 (1979: Jackson, Miss.). Presentations, 1979. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project |
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