- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Marv Davidoff, 2001
- Creator:
- Davidov, Marv
- 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
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
We shall overcome
Reunions--Mississippi
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
Beat generation--Minnesota--Minneapolis
Direct action--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
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
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Harassment--Mississippi
Threats of violence--Minnesota--Minneapolis
Threats of violence--Tennessee--Nashville
Violence--Alabama
Violence--Tennessee
Violence--Mississippi
Lynching--Mississippi
Police--Mississippi
Arrest--Mississippi
Arraignment--Mississippi
Discrimination--Mississippi
Singing--Mississippi
Nonviolence
Publicity--Mississippi
Publicity--Minnesota
Families--Minnesota
Prisoners--Mississippi
Pacifists--United States
Peace movements--United States
Radicals--United States - People:
- Davidov, Marv--Interviews
Aelony, Zev, 1938-
Baum, Robert Miller
O'Connor, Claire
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Thomas, Henry
Reagon, Cordell Hull, 1943-1996
Hall, Carsie A.
Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, 44.97997, -93.26384
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Yazoo County, 32.78031, -90.39642
United States, Mississippi, Yazoo County, Yazoo City, 32.85513, -90.40565
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - 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 Marv Davidov, 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/42
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-