Cool Chicks from History

[MrScorpio]

http://coolchicksfromhistory.tumblr.com/post/5245589007/joan-trumpauer-mulholland-1961-joan-a-19-year


Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1961.

Joan, a 19 year old Freedom Rider, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in the integration of a Jackson, Mississippi bound train. She served more than the required two months because each addition day reduced her $200 fine by $3.

In the Fall of 1961, Joan transferred from Duke University to historically black Tougaloo Southern Christian College because she felt integration should be a two way street.

Today Joan is a retired teaching assistant living in Virginia and mother to five sons. After the 2008 election she brought her Obama pin to the grave of Medgar Evers.

[MineralMan]

1. Here's a much more current photo of her:

Still looking like she could be an activist today.

[Scuba]

3. She's still hot...

... but then I like smart, progressive women.

[sarge43]

6. True beauty never fades. n/t

[Boudica the Lyoness]

4. "A Minor White Girl . . . Negro Bucks and White Hoodlums"

Good for her.

Here's a link.
http://breachofpeace.com/blog/?p=54

[hunter]

5. + + +

It was like this. And in some places, still is.

[banned from Kos]

2. What a cool change of pace!

Excellent! You can see the character in her face.

[Marnie]

7. Cool chick be damned

A righteous Woman, indeed.

[MrScorpio]

8. Sit-in at the Woolworths lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963

Annie Moody (far right) was a student at Tougaloo College in Jackson. Mustard and ketchup drip off her forehead. Joan Trumpauer (center), also a student at Tougaloo, had been doused with mustard, ketchup, water, Coca-Cola, and spray paint. Tougaloo professor John Salter (left) is covered in condiments and blood. He had been hit with brass knuckles.

The all-white police force allowed several hundred people to torment them before arresting the protesters.