- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (1), 2001
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941-
- 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
Virginia--Trials, litigation, etc.
Jackson State College--Students
Congress of Racial Equality
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Southern Governors' Conference
Mississippi Freedom Project
Catholics--United States
African American Catholics--United States
Arrest--Mississippi--Jackson
Imprisonment--Mississippi--Jackson
Prisoners--Mississippi--Jackson
Women prisoners--Mississippi--Jackson
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus travel--Mississippi
Teachers--Mississippi
African American teachers--Mississippi
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
College students--Political activity--United States
Threats--Mississippi
Intimidation--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Youth--United States
O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941- --Interviews
Boynton, Bruce--Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- O'Neal-McCray, Hellen, 1941-2010
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr.
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
Smith, Ruby Doris
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Haley, Richard (Civil rights worker)
Bell, Derrick A.
Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005
Hayden, Casey
Derby, Doris Adelaide
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995
Moses, Robert Parris
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Boynton, Bruce - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, 34.22917, -90.60269
United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
United States, Mississippi, Pike County, 31.17491, -90.40416
United States, Mississippi, Pike County, McComb, 31.24379, -90.45315
United States, Ohio, Greene County, Yellow Springs, 39.80645, -83.88687
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 Helen O'Neal McCray, 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/22
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
