Oral history interview with Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 2001
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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 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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Petway, Alphonso Kelly, 1945University 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
- Air Travel
- Alabama
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Bus Travel
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Students
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Families
- Fear
- Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Governors
- History
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Jackson
- Ku Klux Klan (1915 )
- March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Mississippi
- Montgomery
- Montgomery Improvement Association
- New Jersey
- Police
- Police Brutality
- Political Activity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Prisoners
- Race Discrimination
- Race Relations
- Racism
- Reunions
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Southern States
- Students
- Suffrage
- Threats Of Violence
- United States
- Universities
- University Of Mississippi
- Violence
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers