Arrested after riding from Montgomery, Ala., to Jackson, Miss., on May 24, 1961; photographed May 9, 2007, in Atlanta — Mississippi Department of Archives and History; Eric Etheridge
Frank Holloway
In 1961. Holloway, a 22-year-old student at Morehouse College in Atlanta and a leader of the Atlanta Student Movement, had already been arrested several times for his role in sit-ins, picketing and other nonviolent protests.
In his words. "Nonviolence wasn't necessarily a way of life, but it was a tactic. We felt like it was a tactic that worked.
"I know for myself, I felt that this was what I was supposed to do. I didn't feel like I was a hero or anything like that. I just felt like this was what I was supposed to do. And I did it and when I stopped doing it, I didn't feel like anybody needed to reward me or congratulate me or pat me on my back. I did what I felt like I had to do."
Today. Holloway, 71, lives in his hometown of Atlanta. After working as a field secretary for SNCC from 1961 to 1967, he spent his career working for poverty and economic-action agencies.
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