Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
- Authoritative Name:
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
- Biography:
- Civil rights worker raised in Great Falls, South Carolina who worked as a field organizer for CORE during the 1961 Freedom Rides. Gaither received his B.S. from Claflin University; his M.S. from Atlanta University; and his Ph. D. from the University of Iowa. Gaither became a biology professor specializing in botany, and taught at Slippery Rock University for thirty years until his retirement in 2007.
- Associated Subjects:
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938- --Interviews - Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Oral history interview with Albert Gordon, 2001
- Creator:
- Gordon, Albert F.
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (1), 2001
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (2), 2001
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with Thomas Gaither, 2001
- Creator:
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections