- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Frank Nelson, 2001
- Creator:
- Nelson, Frank Arthur, 1938-
- 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:
- Nelson, Frank Arthur, 1938- --Interviews
University of Mississippi--History--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Interviews
Freedom Rides, 1961
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Singers
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
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Louisiana--New Orleans
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Statesville
Civil rights workers--Violence against--Louisiana
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in housing--California--Los Angeles
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Louisiana
Arrest--Louisiana
Violence--Louisiana--New Orleans
Police brutality--Louisiana--New Orleans
Murder--Mississippi--Poplarville
Imprisonment--North Carolina
Arrest--North Carolina--Statesville
Hunger strikes--North Carolina
Solitary confinement--Mississippi
Interracial marriage--United States
Singing--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Publicity--United States
Families--United States - People:
- Parker, Mack Charles
- Location:
- United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, California, Los Angeles County, 34.19801, -118.26102
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, New York, Bronx County, Bronx, 40.84985, -73.86641
United States, New York, New York County, 40.77427, -73.96981
United States, North Carolina, Iredell County, 35.80708, -80.87344
United States, North Carolina, Iredell County, Statesville, 35.78264, -80.8873
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Frank Nelson, 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/18
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
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