- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Charles McDew, 2001
- Creator:
- McDew, Charles, 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
University of Texas--Students
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi
Reunions--Mississippi
United States--History--1961-1969
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
Segregation in transportation--United States
African Americans--Segregation--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Discrimination in education--Texas
Buses--United States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Bus terminals--Southern States
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
Race relations
Jackson (Miss.)--Race relations
Anniston (Ala.)--Race relations
United States--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations
Alabama--Race relations
Texas--Race relations
South Carolina--Race relations
Ohio--Race relations
North Carolina--Race relations
Violence--Mississippi
Violence--Alabama
Nonviolence--United States
Boycotts--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Taxation--United States
Racism--United States
Racism--Mississippi
Ethics--United States
Singing--Mississippi
Direct action--Mississippi
Police--Alabama
Fear--Mississippi
Violent deaths--Mississippi
Christian ethics--Mississippi
Hate--Mississippi
Courage--Mississippi
Arrest--Alabama
Threats--Alabama
Arrest--South Carolina
Education--United States
Slavery--United States
Youth--United States
Oral histories
Moving images
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Plessy, Homer Adolph--Trials, litigation, etc.
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
Sweatt, Heman Marion, 1912-1982--Trials, litigation, etc.
Painter, Theophilus S. (Theophilus Shickel), 1889-1969--Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- McDew, Charles, 1938- --Interviews
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Plessy, Homer Adolph
Ferguson, John H. (Judge)
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Sweatt, Heman Marion, 1912-1982
Painter, Theophilus S. (Theophilus Shickel), 1889-1969
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, Ohio, 40.25034, -83.00018
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061 - 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 Charles McDew, 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/37
- 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:
-
