- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Interview with Stephen Green for the Freedom Riders 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Creator:
- Green, Stephen John, 1940-
- 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
Middlebury College--Students
United Nations--Officials and employees
United States. Department of Justice
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York times
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
Voter registration--Mississippi
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
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Threats of violence--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Prayer--Mississippi
Clergy--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Publicity--United States
Families--Vermont
Prisoners--Mississippi
Male prisoners--Mississippi
Hunger strikes--Mississippi
Negotiation--Mississippi
Oral histories
Moving images
MovingImage
Text - People:
- Green, Stephen John, 1940- --Interviews
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Vermont, 44.00034, -72.74983 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- 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 Stephen Green, 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/5
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
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