- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Sandra Nixon, 2001
- Creator:
- Thomas, Sandra Nixon
- 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
Southern University and A & M College--Students
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Railroad travel--Louisiana
Railroad travel--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Women civil rights workers--Southern States
African American women civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
Civil rights demonstrations--Louisiana--New Orleans
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Louisiana--Race relations--History--20th century
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Louisiana
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Threats of violence--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Prison violence--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Families--Louisiana
Prisoners--Mississippi
Women prisoners--Mississippi
Breach of the peace--Mississippi
Equality--United States - People:
- Thomas, Sandra Nixon--Interviews
Smith, Jerome H.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Influence
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Influence - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
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 Sandra Nixon, 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/19
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
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 - Rights:
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