Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection
Scope and Contents
The Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection documents the attempt by White Citizens' Councils to win a rhetorical battle over which region of the country could best care for its African American population. The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles from The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, New York Amsterdam News, The Chicago Tribune, The Times-Picayune, The Louisiana Weekly, and others gathered by historian Garry Boulard during the course of his research into the events of the summer of 1962. Other materials include opinion pieces and ephemera produced by the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, editorial cartoons, and oral history interview transcripts with George Singelmann and Leander Perez.
Dates
- Created: 1962
- Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2003
Creator
- Reverse Freedom Rides (Organization)
Extent
1.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Garry Boulard
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Creator
- Reverse Freedom Rides (Organization)
- Boulard, Garry (Person)
- Title
- Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection
- Date
- 03/29/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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