- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with John Maguire, 2001
- Creator:
- Maguire, John David
- 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
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Buses--United States
Buses--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
College teachers--Political activity--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Christian ethics--United States
Race riots--Alabama--Montgomery
Fear--Southern States
Imprisonment--Alabama
Arraignment--Alabama
Threats of violence--Alabama
Violence--Alabama
Harassment--Alabama
Singing--Mississippi
Friendship--United States
Nonviolence
Families--Alabama
Discrimination in education--United States
Poverty--United States
Youth--United States
Equality--Southern States
Liberty - People:
- Maguire, John David--Interviews
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Homes and haunts
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Influence
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Young, Andrew, 1932- - Location:
- 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, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
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 John Dolan, 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/16
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
