- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Fred Clark, 2001
- Creator:
- Clark, Fred, 1943-
- 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 Freedom Project
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tougaloo College
Rust College
Jackson State College--Students
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Discrimination in employment--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
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
Threats--Mississippi
Intimidation--Mississippi
Prison violence--Mississippi
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Informers--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Prayer--Mississippi
Nonviolence--Mississippi
Equality--Mississippi
Religion--Mississippi
Communities--Mississippi
Education--Mississipp - People:
- Clark, Fred, 1943- --Interviews
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 - Location:
- United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Watts, 33.94057, -118.24285
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
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Fred Clark, 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/40
- Language:
- eng
- 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:
-
