Description
An oral history interview with Salynn McCollum, conducted on 29 June 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Salynn McCollum was one of the Nashville students who participated in the Freedom Rides. These excerpts are part of the second interview with the participant. The topics discussed include fostering Dr. King's notion of a Beloved Community; nonviolence as a methodology and practice; along with justice and dignity for everyone. The complete interview and transcript is available in the Special Collections Division.
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Digital Library of TennesseeKeywords
- African Americans
- Cairo
- Cairo (Ill.)
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Communication In Organizations
- Equality
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- History
- Illinois
- Interviews
- Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21
- Mc Collum, Mary Salynn, 1940
- Middle East
- Nash, Diane, 1938
- Nashville
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Nonviolence
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Political Violence
- Race Relations
- Social Change
- Social Justice
- Sources
- Tennessee
- United States
- Women
