- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Bob Filner, 2001
- Creator:
- Filner, Bob
- 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
Reunions--Mississippi
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Cornell University--Students
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Democratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. House
Families--United States
Racism--United States
Ethics--United States
Singing--Mississippi
Direct action--Mississippi
Buses--United States
Bus drivers--United States
Bus drivers--Mississippi
Buses--Mississippi
Bus travel--United States
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Alabama
African American civil rights workers--Alabama
Race relations
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States
Fear--Mississippi
Imprisonment--Mississippi
Prisoners--Mississippi
Arrest--Alabama
Violence--Mississippi
Police questioning--Mississippi
Psychological abuse--Mississippi
Solitary confinement--Mississippi
Anxiety--Mississippi
African Americans--Relations with Jews
Jews--Mississippi
Jews--New York
United States--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations
Alabama--Race relations
San Diego (Calif.)--Race relations
Middle class--United States
Middle class--Political activity--United States
African American legislators--Mississippi
African American police--Mississippi
Legislators--United States
African American legislators--United States
Demography--United States
Housing--United States
Students--United States
Students--Political activity--United States
Discrimination in education--United States
Discrimination in medical care--United States
Voluntarism--United States
Homelessness--United States
Education--United States
United States--History--1961-1969
Friendship--United States
Leadership--United States - People:
- Filner, Bob--Interviews
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Calhoun County, Anniston, 33.65983, -85.83163
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, California, San Diego County, San Diego, 32.71571, -117.16472
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - 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 Congressman Bob Filner (D-Calif.), 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/6
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 36 min.
- Original Collection:
- Freedom riders 40th anniversary oral history project
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
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