- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides
- Creator:
- Moody, Sidney C.
- Date of Original:
- 1962-02-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
Freedom Rides, 1961
Southern States--Maps
Congress of Racial Equality - People:
- Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Marshall, Burke, 1922-2003 - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- texts (document genres)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Text of a news article entitled "Freedom rides brought more than violence" written by Sid Moody on February 5, 1962. The article focuses on the Congress of Racial Equality, the group that organized the 1961 Freedom Rides. It features a map showing the routes of the Freedom Rides and pinpointing instances of violence along the routes.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0904001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0904001r.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides
