Sandra Nixon participated in the Freedom Rides in 1961. This video was filmed for the documentary The Children Shall Lead (link).
Interview Data
Name of Interviewee: Sandra Nixon
Date: November, 2001
Place of Interview: Jackson, MS
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Time |
Topics/Names/Events Discussed |
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0:00-2:00 |
Desire Housing Project, New Orleans; Isaac Thomas; child protection services, New Orleans |
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2:00-4:00 |
Fergus & Cecilia Pierre; family history; Southern University; Castle Haley; Doris Haley; Jerome Smith |
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4:00-6:00 |
CORE New Orleans; nonviolence training; father WWII vet |
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6:00-8:00 |
Family apprehension; May 30, 1961 trip from New Orleans to Jackson, MS by train; arrest |
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8:00-10:00 |
Charged with breach of peace; arrest; Jackson City Jail; Hinds County Jail; Parchman Penitentiary; conditions in Parchman |
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10:00-12:00 |
Parchman experiences; “Oh Freedom” |
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12:00-14:00 |
Personal experience; Strive Towards Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr.; Southern University |
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14:00-16:00 |
New Orleans; Jerome Smith; Aretha Haley, Doris Castle; CORE demonstrations; New Orleans City Hall |
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16:00-18:00 |
Legacy of involvement |
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18:00-20:00 |
Legacy of involvement, movement |
Her oral history may also be viewed here.