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Tag Archives: 1947
The First Freedom Rides (2 of 2)
[A continuation from part 1 of a post about the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation]… We include here a video that contains excerpts of audio from a 1974 oral history interview with Igal Roodenko, participant in the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African American, Featured Collections, Living History, Race Relations
Tagged 1940s, 1947, activism, audio, bus, Chapel Hill, civil rights, first Freedom Rides, Freedom Rides, Igal Roodenko, integration, interview, Jim Crow, Journey of Reconciliation, North Carolina, oral history, Reverend Charles Jones, segregation, SOHP, Southern Oral History Program, The Long Civil Rights Movement
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The First Freedom Rides (part 1 of 2)
Before Rosa Parks, there was Irene Morgan On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro NAACP, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the people of the Chapel Hill community gathered for a dedication of a highway historical marker to commemorate … Continue reading