- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with John Washington, 2001
- Creator:
- Washington, John R., 1928-
- 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
Congress of Racial Equality
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Western Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
We shall overcome
Reunions--Mississippi
United States--Air Force--Airmen
African American clergy--California
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--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--Jackson
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States
Discrimination in employment--United States
United States--History--1961-1969
Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Fear--Mississippi
Faith
Imprisonment--Mississippi--Jackson
Threats of violence--Alabama--Montgomery
Christian ethics--United States
Labor unions--United States
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Prayer--Mississippi
Families--United States
Poverty--United States - People:
- Washington, John R., 1928- --Interviews
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
Thomas, Cecil A., 1917-1969 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, California, Los Angeles County, 34.19801, -118.26102
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Claremont, 34.09668, -117.71978
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Texas, Bexar County, 29.44896, -98.52002
United States, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, 29.42412, -98.49363
United States, Texas, Comal County, 29.80818, -98.27825 - 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 John Washington, 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/36
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights: