Oral history interview with Joan C. Browning, 2001.

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Oral history interview with Joan C. Browning, 2001.

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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Joan C. Browning, 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.

Videorecording: 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Browning, Joan C.

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Joan C. Browning grew up in rural South Georgia, graduated from Lumber City High School, and was the first in her family to attend college. She started college in 1960 at Georgia State College for Women (Milledgeville, Ga.) and was asked to leave after worshipping at a black church. She moved to Atlanta in 1961 and became involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. On December 10, 1961, Browning was among eight Freedom Riders who traveled on a segregated Georgia Central Railroad...