- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mary Little-Vance, 2001
- Creator:
- Little-Vance, Mary
- 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:
- Freedom Rides, 1961
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
Women civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Georgia--Race relations--History--20th century
Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
High school students--Political activity--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace movements--Georgia
Interracial dating--Georgia
Poverty--Southern States
Fear--Alabama
Police--Georgia
Arrest--Georgia
Singing
Families--Georgia
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Political campaigns--Georgia--Atlanta
University of Mississippi--History--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Interviews
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Alabama - People:
- Little-Vance, Mary--Interviews
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Walker, Wyatt Tee
Leonard, Margaret Burr - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Hapeville, 33.66011, -84.4102
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Roswell, 34.02316, -84.36159
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
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 Mary Little-Vance, 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/15
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
