Person, Charles
Description
In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Charles Person, 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 College Students
- African Americans
- Alabama
- Anniston
- Arrest
- Atlanta
- Birmingham
- Birmingham (Ala.)
- Bus Terminals
- Change
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Communities
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Cooperation
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Education
- Discrimination In Employment
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Georgia
- Georgia Institute Of Technology
- History
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Ku Klux Klan (1915)
- Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
- Mississippi
- Montgomery
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Peace Movements
- Prayer
- Protest Movements
- Race Relations
- Race Riots
- Reunions
- Rock Hill
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Solitary Confinement
- South Carolina
- Southern States
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Students
- United States
- United States. Marine Corps
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi
- Vietnam War, 1961 1975
- Violence
- Violence Against