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(Original Caption) 5/24/1961-Jackson, MS: With the Adhesive tape "X" still on his head, marking the spot where he was struck in racial violence at Montgomery, Alabama, John Lewis, student leader of one of the groups of "Freedom Riders," enters a police van after his arrest in Jackson, Mississippi. Lewis and 26 other "Freedom Riders" were arrested on their arrival in a heavily guarded bus.

(Original Caption) 5/24/1961-Jackson, MS: With the Adhesive tape "X" still on his head, marking the spot where he was struck in racial violence at Montgomery, Alabama, John Lewis, student leader of one of the groups of "Freedom Riders," enters a police van after his arrest in Jackson, Mississippi. Lewis and 26 other "Freedom Riders" were arrested on their arrival in a heavily guarded bus.