- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Robert Baum, 2001
- Creator:
- Baum, Robert Miller
- 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
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Reunions--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus drivers--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Direct action--Southern States
World War, 1939-1945
Civil rights demonstrations--Minnesota--Minneapolis
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina
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
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
College students--Political activity--United States
Firearms--North Carolina
Publicity--United States
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Prisoners--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Friendship--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Families--Minnesota
African Americans--History
Indians of North America--History
Baum, Robert Miller--Interviews - People:
- Baum, Robert Miller
Green, Stephen John, 1940-
Williams, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1925-1996 - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, North Carolina, Union County, 34.98837, -80.53073
United States, North Carolina, Union County, Monroe, 34.98543, -80.54951
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- video/quicktime
application/pdf - Description:
- In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Robert Baum, 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/38
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
