- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Charles Person, 2001
- Creator:
- Person, Charles
- 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
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
United States. Marine Corps
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Students
Reunions--Mississippi
Race riots--Alabama--Anniston
Race riots--Alabama--Birmingham
Race riots--Alabama--Montgomery
Race riots--South Carolina--Rock Hill
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
African American college students--Georgia--Atlanta
Arrest--Georgia--Atlanta
Imprisonment--Georgia
Solitary confinement--Georgia
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in education--Georgia
Direct action--Southern States
Bus terminals--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Violence--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama--Birmingham
Race relations
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Peace movements--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Discrimination in employment--United States
Change
Communities
Cooperation
Prayer--Southern States
Singing--Southern States - People:
- Person, Charles--Interviews
Thomas, Henry
Bergman, Walter, 1899-1999
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Peck, James
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Calhoun County, 33.77143, -85.82603
United States, Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston, 33.65983, -85.83163
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, 33.55431, -86.89649
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa, 34.57732, -83.33239
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
United States, South Carolina, York County, 34.97475, -81.18442
United States, South Carolina, York County, Rock Hill, 34.92487, -81.02508
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 Charles Person, 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:
- https://egrove.olemiss.edu/freeriders/23
- 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:
-
