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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Reverend Frances Geddes, 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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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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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African Americans
- Air Travel
- Airports
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Bus Travel
- California
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Clergy
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Families
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Grape Strike, Calif., 1965 1970
- History
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Jackson
- Migrant Labor
- Mississippi
- Nonviolence
- Picketing
- Police Brutality
- Political Activity
- Publicity
- Race Relations
- Reunions
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Southern States
- Strikes And Lockouts
- United Church Of Christ
- United States
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi
- Veterans
- World War, 1939 1945