Oral Histories
Interview of Steven E. McNichols (1964)
Participant in the Freedom Rides sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to desegregate southern transportation facilities.
- Subtitle:
- The Houston Freedom Ride
- Series:
- Interviews not in a series, part one
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCivil Rights Movement
- Biographical Note:
- Participant in the Freedom Rides sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to desegregate southern transportation facilities.
- Interviewee:
- McNichols, Steven E.
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Abstract:
- History of freedom ride sponsored by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in attempt to desegregate southern transportation facilities; departure from Los Angeles, August 9, 1961; trip to Houston; sitting-in at Houston Union Station coffee shop; experiences while jailed in Houston city jail and Harris County jail; subsequent trials; Houston and Texas politics; Progressive Youth Association of Houston; Houston attorneys; and CORE movement.