- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter on Civil Rights Freedom Riders
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- Civil rights--United States--1960-1970
Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans
Politics and government
Social reform movements - People:
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a citizen concerned about the mistreatment of Alabama Freedom Riders. The citizen wishes for peaceful actions to be taken to end this violence. Gore agrees with the citizen and hopes that "orderly procedure" will oust "the medium of mob rule." Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8446
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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