- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Peter Stoner, 2001
- Creator:
- Stoner, Peter Harry
- 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
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
University of Chicago--Students
Tougaloo College--Students
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
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Voter registration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Jackson (Miss.)--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi--Jackson
Arrest--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Poverty--Mississippi--Jackson
Political corruption--Mississippi--Jackson
Crime--Mississippi--Jackson
Quality of life--Mississippi--Jackson - People:
- Stoner, Peter Harry--Interviews
Pleune, Katherine A., 1940-
Huddleston, Albert Roy, 1929-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, 31.18887, -89.25786
United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Lamar County, 31.20587, -89.50869
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 Peter Stoner, 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/32
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
