Audain, Michael J
Description
In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Michael Audain, 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.Record Contributed By
University of MississippiRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Arrest
- Audain, Michael J
- British Columbia
- Bus Travel
- Canada
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Students
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Families
- Fear
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Friendship
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869 1948
- History
- Hunger Strikes
- Imprisonment
- Influence
- Interviews
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
- Mississippi
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Nonviolence
- Police
- Political Activity
- Poverty
- Prisoners
- Race Relations
- Reunions
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Southern States
- Students
- Threats Of Violence
- United States
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
- Universities
- University Of British Columbia
- University Of Mississippi
- Violence
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers