Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Thomas M. Armstrong

To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is pleased to share a special series of one-on-one conversations with 1960s civil rights activists. This installment features author Thomas M. Armstrong. As a student at Tougaloo College in Mississippi from 1959 to 1963, Armstrong was active in civil rights demonstrations and voter registration drives. He worked with NAACP activist Medgar Evers and participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides. Armstrong is the author of Autobiography of a Freedom Rider: My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights (2011). This interview was recorded via Zoom on May 7, 2021. This interview may contain harsh language and descriptions of violence and may experience occasion technical difficulties.
All interviews featured in the “Voices from the Civil Rights Movement” series are part of the ongoing Oral History Project at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. More than 2,000 interviews have been recorded to date, exploring the history and culture of the 1960s as well as the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. If you are interested in researching or participating in the Oral History Project, please contact [e-mail]. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org).

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