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The Greyhound Bus Station at 219 N. Lamar St., Jackson, Mississippi, was the site of many arrests during the May 1961 Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement. The Art Deco building has been preserved and currently functions as an architect's office.
In the 1930s, the Greyhound Lines bus company built many bus stations in the then-popular Streamline Moderne style. William Nowland Van Powell designed at least four of them. Working with George Mahan, Jr. in 1939, he was the architect of the Greyhound Bus Station in Jackson, Mississippi. [4]
English: A front view of the Greyhound Bus Station, located at 219 N. Lamar St., Jackson Mississippi. Monocrome source photo was taken December 22, 1939. Cropped and contrast-enhanced from an archival photo in the collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and already placed in the Wikimedia Commons at "Greyhound_Bus_Station,_December_22,_1939._(8758711973).jpg"
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The family legacy lives on with Kris Kremo (born in 1951) who is the third generation to perform and has continued the tradition well into the 21st century. His latest performance dates back to 2019.
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