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| Creator: | Moody, Sidney C. |
| Title: | Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides |
| Date: | 1962 Feb. 5 |
| Description: | Text of a news article entitled "Freedom rides brought more than violence" written by Sid Moody on February 5, 1962. The article focuses on the Congress of Racial Equality, the group that organized the 1961 Freedom Rides. It features a map showing the routes of the Freedom Rides and pinpointing instances of violence along the routes. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Maps |
| Subjects: | Farmer, James, 1920- | Marshall, Burke, 1922- | African Americans--Civil rights | Civil rights--United States | Freedom Rides, 1961 | Southern States--Maps | Congress of Racial Equality | New York (N.Y.) |
| Collection: | African American Odyssey |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division |
| Related Materials: | Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0904001r.jpg |
