Boycott Pick-Up Point
The improvised carpool that provided free rides during the Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953 was so successful that after four days, the white manager of the city bus system said the company would be bankrupted if African American passengers did not return soon.
Courtesy of Ernest Ritchie
Boycott Pick-Up Point. Ritchie, Ernest (Photographer)
Additional Data
| Courtesy of | Ernest Ritchie |
| Collection | LCV, Spring 2007 Volume 18, Number 1 |
| Date | 1953 |
| Copyright | Copyrighted |
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