- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Robert Heller, 2001
- Creator:
- Heller, Robert Lawrence
- 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
Tulane University--Students
Congress of Racial Equality
Rich's (Retail store)
Macy's (Firm)
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Railroad travel--Southern States
Railroad travel--Louisiana
Railroad travel--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Louisiana--New Orleans
Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Louisiana--Race relations--History--20th century
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Publicity--New York
Hunger strikes--Mississippi
Families--New York - People:
- Heller, Robert Lawrence--Interviews
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Influence
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969 - Location:
- 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, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
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 Robert Heller, 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/9
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
