- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Thomas Gaither, 2001
- Creator:
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture
University of Mississippi. Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
University of Mississippi. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation - Date of Original:
- 2001
- Subject:
- University of Mississippi--History--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Interviews
Freedom Rides, 1961
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
College teachers--Pennsylvania
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century
Florida--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Chain gangs--South Carolina
Fear--Southern States
Imprisonment--South Carolina
Threats of violence--South Carolina
Violence--Southern States
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Florida--Miami
Arrest--South Carolina--Rock Hill
Arrest--Mississippi--Jackson
Arraignment--Mississippi--Jackson
Singing--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Families--South Carolina
Families--Pennsylvania
Voting--United States
Racism--United States - People:
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938- --Interviews
Gaither, Glenda Jean
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Brown, R. Jess, 1912-1989
Hall, Carsie A. - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, 25.60897, -80.49867
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Pennsylvania, Butler County, 40.91172, -79.91299
United States, Pennsylvania, Butler County, Slippery Rock, 41.06395, -80.05645
United States, South Carolina, Chester County, 34.69206, -81.15953
United States, South Carolina, Chester County, Great Falls, 34.57514, -80.90202
United States, South Carolina, York County, 34.97475, -81.18442
United States, South Carolina, York County, Rock Hill, 34.92487, -81.02508
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- application/pdf
video/quicktime - Description:
- In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Thomas Gaither, risked their lives to challenge the system of segregation in interstate travel in the South.The University of Mississippi's Freedom riders oral history project includes interviews recorded in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of that summer.
- Metadata URL:
- http://egrove.olemiss.edu/freeriders/2
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
