Minister Arrested
(N.Z.P.A.-Reutcr—Copyright) JACKSON (Mississippi), September 17, The clergyman son-in-law of New York’s Governor, Mr Nelson Rockefeller, was among e group of 15 white and negro ministers arrested by the police last week when they tried to enter a segregated restaurant in Jackson. The Rev. Robert Pierson, aged 85, who is married to Mr Rockefeller's daughter Ann, was one of 28 Episcopalian clergymen who arrived in the town to carry out protests against racial discrimination.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29621, 18 September 1961, Page 9
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