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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Fred Clark, 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 American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Arrest
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Students
- Communities
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Employment
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Education
- Equality
- Fear
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- History
- Imprisonment
- Informers
- Interviews
- Intimidation
- Jackson
- Jackson State College
- Mississipp
- Mississippi
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Nonviolence
- Political Activity
- Prayer
- Prison Violence
- Race Relations
- Religion
- Reunions
- Rust College
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Southern States
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Students
- Threats
- Tougaloo College
- United States
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi
- Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965