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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Helen 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. 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 American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Arrest
- Brown, Oliver, 1918
- Bus Occupants
- Bus Travel
- Buses
- California
- 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
- Food
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Friendship
- Hairdressing Of African Americans
- History
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Mississippi
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- Officials And Employees
- Police
- Political Activity
- Rabbis
- Race Relations
- Reunions
- Santa Monica
- Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Southern States
- Students
- Teachers
- Topeka (Kan.). Board Of Education
- Trials, Litigation, Etc
- United States
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi
- Virginia
- We Shall Overcome
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women Prisoners