- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Clarence Thomas, Jr.,2001
- Creator:
- Thomas, Clarence Lloyd
- 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
American Baptist Theological Seminary--Students
Congress of Racial Equality
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
African American clergy--Mississippi
African Americans--Violence against--Mississippi
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Buses--United States
Buses--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
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
Violence--Tennessee--Nashville
Race riots--Tennessee--Nashville
Race riots--Alabama--Montgomery
Police brutality--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
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arrest--Tennessee
Fear--Alabama
Nonviolence - People:
- Thomas, Clarence Lloyd--Interviews
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-
Vivian, C. T. - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Illinois, Champaign County, 40.14008, -88.19919
United States, Illinois, Champaign County, Champaign, 40.11642, -88.24338
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - 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 Clarence Thomas, Jr., 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/33
- 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:
-
