Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

Speak Now : Memories of the Civil Rights Era / Memories of Thomas Armstrong, May 26, 2011 / Moderated by Leanna Welch[sound recording].

By: Armstrong, Thomas M, 1941-.
Contributor(s): Welch-Dawson, Leanna | Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
Material type: materialTypeLabelMixed materialsDescription: 1 sound recording (12 min., 43 sec.) : digital + 1 transcript (8 p.); 3 photographs : color.Subject(s): Armstrong, Thomas M., 1941- | Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 | Brown, R. Jess, 1912- | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 | Meredith, James, 1933- | Motley, Constance Baker, 1921-2005 | Kennard, Clyde | King, Clennon | Millsaps College | University of Mississippi | University of Southern Mississippi | Tougaloo College | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Congress of Racial Equality | Voting | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century | Education | Freedom Rides, 1961 | Jackson (Miss.) | New Orleans (La.) | Jefferson Davis County (Miss.) | Prentiss (Miss.) | Silver Creek (Miss.) | Washington (D.C.)Genre/Form: Oral histories.Online resources: Link to Electronic Resource
Contents:
Attorneys -- Barnett, Ross R. -- Broadwater, Joseph -- Brown, R. Jess -- Civil Rights Movement -- Colored Only signs -- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) -- Education -- Medgar Evers -- Family -- Freedom Riders -- Freedom Songs -- Hinds County Jail -- Interrogation -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson City Jail -- Jackson Police Department -- “Jail. No Bail” -- Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi -- Kennard, Clyde -- King, Clennon -- Kuntzler, William -- Lee, Mary Harrison -- Meredith, James -- Milsaps College -- Mississippi -- Motley, Constance Baker -- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- “Outside Agitators” -- Pearl St. Church -- Prentiss, Mississippi -- Ray, Captain J. L. -- School systems -- Silver Creek, Mississippi -- Tougaloo College -- Trailways Bus Station -- Trial -- University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) -- Violence -- Voting -- Washington, D. C. -- University of Southern Mississippi.
In: Welch-Dawson, Leanna. Speak Now
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Electronic Archives Online Electronic Resource AU 976 Not for loan Link to Electronic Resource for Interview 111221
Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Online Electronic Resource AU 976-sound recording Not for loan 79027
Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Online Electronic Resource AU 976-images Not for loan 79028
Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Online Electronic Resource AU 976-electronic transcript Not for loan View in Media Room. 79029
Media Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Media Room AU 976-paper transcript Available Transcripts only. 79030
Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Electronic Archives Online Electronic Resource AU 974 - AU 999 Not for loan Link to Electronic Resource for Exhibit 103924

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides and to complement the Department’s exhibit “Freedom Rides: Journey for Change” conducted recording sessions with the public to gather oral memories of the Civil Rights Era. The participants were also given the opportunity to have their photograph taken in front of the exhibit. The recordings were conducted in the spring, summer and fall of 2011 at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

Attorneys -- Barnett, Ross R. -- Broadwater, Joseph -- Brown, R. Jess -- Civil Rights Movement -- Colored Only signs -- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) -- Education -- Medgar Evers -- Family -- Freedom Riders -- Freedom Songs -- Hinds County Jail -- Interrogation -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson City Jail -- Jackson Police Department -- “Jail. No Bail” -- Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi -- Kennard, Clyde -- King, Clennon -- Kuntzler, William -- Lee, Mary Harrison -- Meredith, James -- Milsaps College -- Mississippi -- Motley, Constance Baker -- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- “Outside Agitators” -- Pearl St. Church -- Prentiss, Mississippi -- Ray, Captain J. L. -- School systems -- Silver Creek, Mississippi -- Tougaloo College -- Trailways Bus Station -- Trial -- University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) -- Violence -- Voting -- Washington, D. C. -- University of Southern Mississippi.

Recorded May 26, 2011.

Mr. Armstrong was one of the original Freedom Riders who arrived in Jackson in 1961.