- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with John Dolan, 2001
- Creator:
- Dolan, John Luther, 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:
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
University of Mississippi--History--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Interviews
Freedom Rides, 1961
Congress of Racial Equality
University of California, Berkeley--Students
Reunions--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Louisiana--New Orleans
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Race relations
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Families--California
Equality--United States
Railroad travel--Texas
Freedom of religion--United States
Nonviolence
Arrest--Louisiana--New Orleans
Imprisonment--Louisiana--New Orleans
Police--Louisiana--New Orleans
Publicity--Louisiana--New Orleans
Police brutality--Louisiana--New Orleans
Violence--Louisiana--New Orleans
Arrest--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Fear--Southern States
Friendship--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Southern States
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - People:
- Dolan, John Luther, 1941- --Interviews
Nelson, Frank Arthur, 1938-
Blevins, George Marion, 1939-
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, California, Alameda County, 37.65055, -121.91789
United States, California, Alameda County, Emeryville, 37.83132, -122.28525
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061 - 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 John Dolan, 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/27
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
