The Flying Clipper
A Freedom Ride Destination in Aberdeen
The Flying Clipper was a relatively upscale restaurant and motel in Aberdeen at the time of the 1961 Freedom Ride.
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The Flying Clipper was a relatively upscale and spacious restaurant, nightclub and motel on Route 40 in Aberdeen at the time of the 1961 Freedom Ride. The CORE brochure listed it as "Still Segregated," hence it was a likely Freedom Rider destination.
The Flying Clipper building still stood in 2021 as a small shopping plaza housing a Century 21 office, a liquor store, hair salon, Western Union, and laundromat.
