- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 2001
- Creator:
- Singleton, Robert, 1936-
- 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
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Race discrimination--Pennsylvania
Race discrimination--California
Air travel--Louisiana--New Orleans
Railroad travel--Mississippi--Jackson
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
Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
California--Race relations--History--20th century
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Solitary confinement--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Prayer--Mississippi
Friendship--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Violence--California--Los Angeles
Boycotts--California--Los Angeles
Families--United States
Prisoners--Mississippi
Male prisoners--Mississippi
Education--California
Oral histories
Moving images
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971--Influence
Singleton, Robert, 1936--Interviews - People:
- Singleton, Robert, 1936-
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Kaufman, Alan, 1940-
Steward, Richard C., 1939-
Posner, Philip M., 1938-
Gerbac, Joseph Edward, 1939-
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 - Location:
- United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
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, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379
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 Robert Singleton, 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/30
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
