- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Helen Singleton, 2001
- Creator:
- Singleton, Helen, 1932-
- 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
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Officials and employees
Mississippi State Penitentiary
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, Calif.)--Students
We shall overcome
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Buses--United States
Buses--Southern States
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
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Virginia
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
College students--Political activity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Women prisoners--Mississippi
Hairdressing of African Americans--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Rabbis--Mississippi
Food--Mississippi
Teachers--California--Santa Monica
Singing--Mississippi
Friendship--Mississippi
Families--United States
Police--Mississippi
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Singleton, Helen, 1932- --Interviews
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - Location:
- United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, 34.01949, -118.49138
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - 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 Singleton, 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/29
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
