Mississippi Museum of Art Opens Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders

JACKSON, MISS.- In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Rides, the Mississippi Museum of Art presents Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders, an exhibition which documents the men and women whose bravery challenged racial injustice in 1961. The fifty-four foot long installation is composed of sixteen contemporary portraits of the Freedom Riders taken by Mississippi-native Eric Etheridge, along with prints of the original 330 mug shots of those arrested. The exhibition is on view March 19 – June 12, 2011. In the Spring and Summer of 1961, several hundred Americans-black and white, men and women, some practically children-converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights. More than

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