Finding Aid for the Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project
(MUM00058)
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Finding Aid for the Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project
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Descriptive Summary
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PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00058/ |
Title: |
Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project |
Dates: |
2001 |
Collector: |
University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture; University of Mississippi. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation; University of Mississippi. Division of Outreach and Continuing Education; University of Mississippi. Center for Media & Documentary Projects; |
Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
Identification: |
MUM00058 |
Location: |
Visual Collections |
Language of Material: |
English |
Abstract: |
The University of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders oral history project includes interviews recorded in conjunction with the 40th
anniversary held in Jackson, MS in the summer of 2001.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Individuals involved in the taping, interviewing, and overall success of the freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history
project include: Prof. David Wharton, Joe York, Amy C. Evans, Tiffany Hamlin, Evan Hatch, Susan Glisson, April Grayson, Mary
Beth Lasseter, Warren Ables, and Mary Hartwell Howorth.
University departments responsible: The Center for the Study of Southern Studies, the William Winter Institute for Racial
Reconciliation, and the University of Mississippi Media & Documentary Productions.
Processing Information
Collection digitized by the University of Mississippi Media & Documentary Productions and processed by Pamela Williamson.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Alternative Formats
The Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project is available as a digital collection: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/freedom_riders
Subject Terms
Freedom Rides, 1961 — Interviews
Civil rights workers — Southern States — Interviews
Civil rights movements — Southern States — Interviews
Formats
streaming video
DVDs
Mini-DV
Biographical Note
Freedom Riders were young civil rights activists who planned to ride interstate buses from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans,
LA in the summer of 1961 to test the United States Court decision Boynton v. Virginia. The decision gave interstate travelers the legal right to disregard local segregation laws regarding interstate transportation
facilities. The first ride left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961 and was met with extreme amounts of violence in Alabama, so
much in fact that most of the riders agreed to fly to New Orleans instead of continuing on. This did not stop the rides or
the violence and on May 24th riders boarded buses for Jackson, MS. When they arrived, riders were arrested for using “whites-only”
facilities and imprisoned in Parchman Penitentiary.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Freedom Riders’ 40th Anniversary Oral History Project is open for research. Patrons are encouraged to use the digital
collection, available: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/freedom_riders
Copyright Restrictions
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certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for, or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use”,
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more Civil Rights related materials housed at the University of Mississippi Archives & Special Collections, see our Civil Rights & Race Relations subject guide.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to interviewee.
Container List
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| Adams-Johnson, Frankye (34 min.) |
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| Armstong, Thomas Madison III (20 min.) |
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| Audain, Michael (20 min.) |
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| Braun-Reinitz, Janet (44 min.) |
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| Browning, Joan C. (36 min.) |
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| Forman, James (42 min.); includes transcript |
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| Freedman, Martin (48 min.) |
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| Gaither, Thomas (26 min.) |
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| Geddes, Frances (18 min.) |
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| Gordon, Albert (26 min.); includes transcript |
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| Hartmire, Wayne (28 min.) |
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| Lee, Mary Harrison (12 min.) |
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| Leonard, Margaret (26 min.) |
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| Little-Vance, Mary (26 min.) |
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| Moody, John Jr; includes transcript |
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| Mulholland, Joan (24 min.); includes transcript |
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| Nelson. Frank (32 min.); includes transcript |
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| Nixon, Sandra (20 min.); includes transcript |
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| O’Connor, Claire (30 min.) |
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| O’Neal-McCray, Helen (33 min.); includes transcript |
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| O’Neal-McCray, Helen (24 min.); includes transcript |
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| Person, Charles (38 min.); includes transcript |
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| Petway, Alphonso & Krendelle Petway Dendy (54 min.) |
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| Silver, Carol Ruth (34 min.) |
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| Singleton, Helen (40 min.); includes transcript |
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| Singleton, Robert (30 min.); includes transcript |
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| Smith, Woolcott (22 min.) |
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| Thomas, Clarence, Jr. (54 min.) |
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| Washington, John (40 min.) |