- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Martin Freedman, 2001
- Creator:
- Freedman, Martin
- 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
Virginia--Trials, litigation, etc.
Congress of Racial Equality
American Civil Liberties Union
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Florida
Reunions--Mississippi
Rabbis--New Jersey
Clergy--Political activity--United States
Clergy--Political activity--Southern States
Fear--South Carolina
Threats of violence--South Carolina
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Air travel--Florida--Tallahassee
Airports--Florida--Tallahassee
Publicity--Florida--Tallahassee
Fear--Florida
Imprisonment--Florida
Threats of violence--Florida
Arrest--Florida
Arraignment--Florida
Lawyers--Florida
Appellate procedure--Florida
Race riots--Florida
Nonviolence
Prison--Florida
Prisoners--Florida
Families--New Jersey
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Florida--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Boynton, Bruce--Trials, litigation, etc.
Freedman, Martin--Interviews - People:
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Peck, James
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
Simon, Tobias
Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001
Boynton, Bruce - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Florida, Lee County, 26.62536, -81.84952
United States, Florida, Leon County, 30.45804, -84.27788
United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, New Jersey, Passaic County, 41.0337, -74.30032
United States, New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, 40.91677, -74.17181
United States, New Jersey, Passaic County, Wayne, 40.92538, -74.27654
United States, South Carolina, Sumter County, Sumter, 33.92044, -80.34147
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 Martin Freedman, 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/35
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
