- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Claire O'Connor, 2001
- Creator:
- O'Connor, Claire
- 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:
- Farmer, James, 1920-1999
University of Mississippi--History--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Interviews
Freedom Rides, 1961
Minneapolis star and tribune
Congress of Racial Equality
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
We shall overcome
Mississippi State Penitentiary
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Officials and employees
Reunions--Mississippi
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
Women civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
United States--History--1961-1969
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Prisoners--Mississippi
Women prisoners--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Breach of the peace--Mississippi
Federal-state controversies--Mississippi
Publicity--Minnesota - People:
- O'Connor, Claire--Interviews
Aelony, Zev, 1938-
Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, 1941-
Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 - Location:
- United States, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, 44.97997, -93.26384
United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, 45.01706, -93.09961
United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Saint Paul, 44.94441, -93.09327
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
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 Claire O'Connor, 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/20
- 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:
-
