- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Thomas Madison Armstrong, III, 2001
- Creator:
- Armstrong, Thomas Madison, 1941-
- 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 Postal Service--Employees
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
We shall overcome
Tougaloo College--Students
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
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Voter registration--Mississippi
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Race riots--Mississippi--McComb
Threats of violence--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Publicity--United States
Families--Mississippi
Male prisoners--Mississippi
Breach of the peace--Mississippi
Armstrong, Thomas Madison, 1941- --Interviews
Bond, Julian, 1940---Influence
Young, Andrew, 1932---Influence
Carmichael, Stokely--Influence - People:
- Armstrong, Thomas Madison, 1941-
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 - Location:
- United States, Illinois, DuPage County, 41.85195, -88.08567
United States, Illinois, DuPage County, Naperville, 41.78586, -88.14729
United States, Illinois, Will County, 41.44503, -87.97866
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Pike County, 31.17491, -90.40416
United States, Mississippi, Pike County, McComb, 31.24379, -90.45315
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 Thomas Madison Armstrong, III, 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/24
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
