- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Lewis Lansky, 2001
- Creator:
- Lansky, Lewis
- 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
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Alabama
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus travel--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--Rochester
Civil rights demonstrations--Ohio--Cleveland
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in housing--Ohio--Cleveland
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College teachers--Political activity--United States
Fear--Alabama
Threats of violence--Alabama
Violence--Alabama
Police--Alabama--Montgomery
Police brutality--Alabama--Montgomery
Police--New York (State)--Rochester
Police brutality--New York (State)--Rochester
Jews--United States
Photographs
Youth - People:
- Lansky, Lewis--Interviews
Levine, Allan
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Kentucky, Hardin County, 37.69792, -85.96337
United States, Kentucky, Hardin County, Fort Knox, 37.89113, -85.96363
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, New York, Erie County, 42.75824, -78.77966
United States, New York, Monroe County, 43.16512, -77.63626
United States, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 43.15478, -77.61556
United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 41.47875, -81.67786
United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541
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 Lewis Lansky, 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/11
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
