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Oral history interview with Robert Baum, 2001

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Baum, Robert Miller

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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.
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Video/Quicktime
Contributors:
University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern CultureUniversity of Mississippi. Division of Outreach and Continuing EducationUniversity of Mississippi. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
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University of Mississippi

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Arrest
  3. Baum, Robert Miller
  4. Bus Drivers
  5. Bus Travel
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  8. Civil Rights Movements
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. College Students
  11. Direct Action
  12. Discrimination
  13. Discrimination In Public Accommodations
  14. Families
  15. Firearms
  16. Freedom Rides, 1961
  17. Friendship
  18. History
  19. Imprisonment
  20. Indians Of North America
  21. Interviews
  22. Ku Klux Klan (1915)
  23. Minneapolis
  24. Minnesota
  25. Mississippi
  26. Mississippi State Penitentiary
  27. Nonviolence
  28. North Carolina
  29. Political Activity
  30. Prisoners
  31. Publicity
  32. Race Relations
  33. Reunions
  34. Segregation
  35. Segregation In Transportation
  36. Singing
  37. Southern States
  38. United States
  39. Universities
  40. University Of Mississippi
  41. World War, 1939 1945

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