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Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 2001

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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Robert Singleton, 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

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African Americans
  3. Air Travel
  4. Arraignment
  5. Arrest
  6. Boycotts
  7. Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904 1971
  8. California
  9. Civil Rights
  10. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  11. Civil Rights Movements
  12. Civil Rights Workers
  13. College Students
  14. Congress Of Racial Equality
  15. Direct Action
  16. Discrimination
  17. Discrimination In Public Accommodations
  18. Education
  19. Families
  20. Freedom Rides, 1961
  21. Friendship
  22. History
  23. Imprisonment
  24. Influence
  25. Interviews
  26. Jackson
  27. Los Angeles
  28. Louisiana
  29. Male Prisoners
  30. Mississippi
  31. Mississippi State Penitentiary
  32. Moving Images
  33. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  34. New Orleans
  35. Nonviolence
  36. Oral Histories
  37. Pennsylvania
  38. Police
  39. Political Activity
  40. Prayer
  41. Prisoners
  42. Race Discrimination
  43. Race Relations
  44. Railroad Travel
  45. Reunions
  46. Segregation
  47. Segregation In Transportation
  48. Singing
  49. Singleton, Robert, 1936
  50. Solitary Confinement
  51. Southern States
  52. United States
  53. Universities
  54. University Of Mississippi
  55. Violence

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