Oral history interview with Bob Filner, 2001.

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Oral history interview with Bob Filner, 2001.

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In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Congressman Bob Filner (D-Calif.), 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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Filner, Bob, 1942-

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Robert Earl Filner (born September 4, 1942) is an American academic and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as the U.S. Representative from California's 50th (1993-2003) and 51st (2003-2012) congressional districts and as Mayor of San Diego, California from December 2012 to August 2013. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York before earning a B.A. from Cornell University in 1963, an M.A. from the University o...