- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 2001
- Creator:
- Petway, Kredelle, 1941-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945-
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
Montgomery Improvement Association
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University--Students
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Air travel--United States
Air travel--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
African American civil rights workers--Southern States
Women civil rights workers--Southern States
African American women civil rights workers--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
Poor People's Campaign
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
New Jersey--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Race discrimination--United States
Racism--United States
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Mississippi
Fear--Alabama--Montgomery
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Threats of violence--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Police--New Jersey
Police brutality--New Jersey
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Families--United States
Families--Alabama--Montgomery
Prisoners--Mississippi
Governors--New Jersey
Suffrage--United States - People:
- Petway, Kredelle, 1941- --Interviews
Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945- --Interviews
Petway, Matthew, 1915-1972
Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
Evers-Williams, Myrlie
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Whitman, Christine Todd - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, New Jersey, 40.16706, -74.49987
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 Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 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/25
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
