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San Francisco. Alma mater. University of Chicago. Profession. attorney. Carol Ruth Silver (born October 1, 1938) [1] [page needed] is an American lawyer and civil rights activist. She was a Freedom Rider, arrested and incarcerated for 40 days in Mississippi.
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Carol Ruth Silver was one of the first two white women to be jailed in the Freedom Rides, an experience that sparked a career in law and politics, fighting for the rights of others. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1960, where she first became involved in the civil rights movement, Silver went to work as a clerk at the United ...
26 mag 2011 · 5 days ago. 1:47. 50 years after the Freedom Rides of 1961, Carol Ruth Silver - one of over 400 riders arrested and jailed for her non-violent protests against illegal segregation - shares...
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31 ago 2020 · From Freedom Riding to Freeing Oneself with Carol Ruth Silver. The following is an interview with Carol Ruth Silver, a DRBU board member. This is a transcribed spoken interview that has been edited for clarity and brevity. Published August 31, 2020.
The University of Chicago Magazine: Features. Glimpses. Carol Ruth Silver. By Amy Braverman Puma. Photography by Dan Dry. Carol Ruth Silver, AB’60, JD’64, has been raising eyebrows over her politics all her life.
Arrested as a Freedom Rider in June of 1961, Carol Ruth Silver, a twenty-two-year-old recent college graduate originally from Massachusetts, spent the next forty days in Mississippi jail cells, including the Maximum Security Unit at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm.
Arrested as a Freedom Rider in June of 1961, Carol Ruth Silver, a twenty-two-year-old recent college graduate originally from Massachusetts, spent the next forty days in Mississippi jail cells, including the Maximum Security Unit at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm. She chronicled the events and her experiences on hidden scraps of paper which ...
