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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Woollcott Smith, 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 Americans
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Baltimore
- Bus Travel
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Students
- College Teachers
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Families
- Fear
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Freedom Singers
- Friendship
- Graduate Students
- History
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Johns Hopkins University
- Male Prisoners
- Maryland
- Memphis
- Michigan
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Negotiation
- Officials And Employees
- Okra
- Pennsylvania
- Police
- Political Activity
- Prison Contraband
- Prisoners
- Publicity
- Race Relations
- Reunions
- School Integration
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Southern States
- Students
- Tennessee
- Threats Of Violence
- United States
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi