- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Reverend Frances Geddes
- Creator:
- Geddes, Francis L., 1923-
- 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
United Church of Christ--California
Congress of Racial Equality
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Airports--Mississippi--Jackson
Air travel--Mississippi--Jackson
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Clergy--Political activity--United States
Clergy--Political activity--Southern States
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
Direct action--Southern States
Nonviolence
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Picketing--California
Strikes and lockouts--California
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970
Migrant labor--California
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
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Police brutality--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Publicity--Mississippi
Publicity--United States
Families--California - People:
- Geddes, Francis L., 1923- --Interviews
Thurman, Howard, 1900-1981--Influence
Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969
Levine, Allan
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Influence
Sellers, Charles Grier
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 - Location:
- United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, California, Marin County, 38.05518, -122.74886
United States, California, Marin County, San Anselmo, 37.97465, -122.56164
United States, California, Orange County, 33.67691, -117.77617
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
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 Reverend Frances Geddes, 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/3
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
