- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Janet Braun Reintz, 2001
- Creator:
- Braun-Reinitz, Janet
- 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
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Reunions--Mississippi
Publicity--Arkansas--Little Rock
Threats of violence--Arkansas--Little Rock
Breach of the peace--Arkansas--Little Rock
Imprisonment--Arkansas--Little Rock
Prisoners--Arkansas--Little Rock
Women prisoners--Arkansas--Little Rock
Rabbis--Arkansas--Little Rock
Police--Arkansas--Little Rock
Arrest--Arkansas--Little Rock
Threats of violence--Arkansas--Pine Bluff
Threats of violence--Louisiana--Shreveport
Harassment--Louisiana--Shreveport
Harassment--New York (State)--New York
Race relations
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Arkansas--Race relations--History--20th century
Louisiana--Race relations--History--20th century
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Arkansas--Little Rock
Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York
Civil rights workers--Southern States
Women civil rights workers--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Bus travel--United States
Bus travel--Southern States
Bus occupants--Southern States
Buses--United States
Buses--Southern States
Discrimination in housing--New York (State)--New York
Discrimination in employment--New York (State)--New York
Police brutality--New York (State)--New York
Police brutality--New York (State)--Rochester
Families--United States
Families--New York (State)--New York
Artists--New York (State)--New York
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Braun-Reinitz, Janet--Interviews - People:
- Braun-Reinitz, Janet
Peck, James
Cox, B. Elton (Benjamin Elton), 1931-2011
Dennis, David J., Sr.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
Diallo, Amadou, 1975-1999 - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Jefferson County, 34.26879, -91.93151
United States, Arkansas, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, 34.22843, -92.0032
United States, Arkansas, Miller County, 33.31215, -93.89156
United States, Arkansas, Miller County, Texarkana, 33.44179, -94.03769
United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
United States, Louisiana, Caddo Parish, 32.58017, -93.88235
United States, Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, 32.52515, -93.75018
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, 30.53824, -91.09562
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.18747
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789
United States, Missouri, Saint Louis County, 38.64068, -90.44341
United States, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 43.15478, -77.61556
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Texas, Jefferson County, 29.85373, -94.15344
United States, Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont, 30.08605, -94.10185 - 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 Janet Braun Reintz, 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/41
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
