- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Carol Ruth Silver, 2001
- Creator:
- Silver, Carol Ruth, 1938-
- 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
University of Chicago--Students
Congress of Racial Equality
Mississippi State Penitentiary
We shall overcome
Reunions--Mississippi
Lawyers--California--San Francisco
Women lawyers--California--San Francisco
Jews--Massachusetts
Families--California--San Francisco
Parenthood--California--San Francisco
Single mothers--California--San Francisco
Ethics--United States
Responsibility--United States
Singing--Mississippi
Buses--United States
Buses--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Civil rights workers--United States
Women civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Women civil rights workers--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Segregation--United States
Segregation--Mississippi
Segregation--Southern States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Prisoners--Mississippi
Women prisoners--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Violence--Mississippi
Prison violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Police vehicles--Mississippi
Bail--Mississippi
Criminal justice, Administration of--Mississippi
Race relations
United States--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations
Alabama--Race relations
Tennessee--Race relations
College students--Political activity--United States
United States--History--1961-1969
Friendship--United States
Courts--Mississippi--Jackson - People:
- Silver, Carol Ruth, 1938- --Interviews
Nash, Diane, 1938- - Location:
- United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
United States, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Worcester, 42.26259, -71.80229
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 Carol Ruth Silver, 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/28
- 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:
-
