The Free Ride System
Black commuters assembled at pickup points for free rides during the five-day Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953. Horatio Thompson, the first African American in the South to own an Esso gasoline station franchise, sold gas at cost to carpool drivers.
Courtesy of Ernest Ritchie
The Free Ride System. 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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