Description:
Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch
(Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of
the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee,
Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in
the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee
(including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides
organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344307
