- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Zev Aelony, 2001
- Creator:
- Aelony, Zev, 1938-
- 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
Koinonia Farm
Congress of Racial Equality
Mississippi State Penitentiary
University of Chicago--Students
University of Minnesota--Students
Reunions--Mississippi
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Railroad travel--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Minnesota
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee
Bombings--Tennessee--Nashville
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in housing--Minnesota
Discrimination in education--Minnesota
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Harassment--Mississippi
Violence--Tennessee
Violence--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Discrimination--Mississippi
Vegetarians--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Publicity--Mississippi
Families--Minnesota
Prisoners--Mississippi
Male prisoners--Mississippi
Women prisoners--Mississippi
Peace
Peace movements--United States
Oral histories
Moving images - People:
- Aelony, Zev, 1938- --Interviews
Aelony, Zev, 1938-
O'Connor, Claire
Davidov, Marv
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Morton, David Kerr
Baum, Robert Miller
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Kale, Edward W. - Location:
- United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, 25.60897, -80.49867
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
United States, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, 44.97997, -93.26384
United States, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, 47.58986, -92.46147
United States, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth, 46.78327, -92.10658
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 Zev Aelony, 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/34
- 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:
-