The Freedom Riders Foundation Presents
The Freedom Riders Anthology
The Freedom Riders Foundation kindly requests the
1961 Freedom Riders to write or dictate an account of their experiences
as Freedom Riders to be published here on this webpage and later
in a Foundation publication entitled, “Freedom Riders Anthology.”
Respondents may answer the questions in the order
as presented here or in a manner that they see fit. Online responses
may be emailed to anthology@freedomridersfoundation.com
or may be sent to:
Freedom Riders Foundation
Attn: Freedom Riders Anthology
240 Chattanooga Street, Suite 24
San Francisco, CA 94114
Dictation Service Available
For those Freedom Riders who may be in need of
a dictation service to dictate their responses over the telephone,
an automated dictation service will be provided for you. Please
contact us at the Foundation to receive the toll-free number to
activate this service.
Questions
The following questions will be similar to those
that will be asked during the video-taped oral history project that
will be conducted at the 1961 Freedom Riders 40th Reunion in Jackson.
Each of the Freedom Riders will be assigned a 30-minute time slot
in which to be interviewed. Interviewees who traveled together on
the same bus or served time in jail together may choose to be interviewed
together resulting in an extended interview.
Sign up dates and times will soon be posted online
and Freedom Riders can sign up for these slots on a first come first
serve basis. We will however try our best to accommodate everyone’s
schedule and needs.
Thank your very much for your time and effort in
this effort. We appreciate your contribution. Please address any
questions you may have to reunion@freedomridersreunion.com.
Interview Questions
- Please tell us a little bit about your family’s
history, religious and political views. Did these factors in any
way influence your decision to become a Freedom Rider?
- How did you become a Freedom Rider?
- How did your family and friends react to your
decision to become a Freedom Rider?
- Tell us about your journey.
- Were you ever frightened or did you ever regret
your decision to join the Freedom Rides?
- Did you encounter any violence during your time
as a Freedom Rider?
- Were you arrested? If so, please provide the
following: Arrest date, trial procedures; verdict; length of sentence
and length of time served. Please provide details of incarceration;
facility; conditions; routine, etc.
- If arrested, what did you do upon your release?
- What were your thoughts as you left (if indeed
you did) Mississippi or the South?
- What experience stands out most in your mind
about your time as a Freedom Rider?
- Briefly, what has happened in your life since
your time as a Freedom Rider?
- How has your experience as a Freedom Rider affected
your life?
- Do you have any final thoughts or comments you’d
like to share?
Thank you for sharing your story with us today
and thank you for your contribution made to us all as a Freedom
Rider.
Freedom Riders Foundation
Freedom Riders Anthology
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