Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection, 1962 | Amistad Research Center

Scope and Contents: The Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection documents the attempt by White Citizens' Councils to win a rhetorical battle over which region of the country could best care for its African American population. The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles from The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, New York Amsterdam News, The Chicago Tribune, The Times-Picayune, The Louisiana Weekly, and others gathered by historian Garry Boulard during the course of his research into the events of the summer of 1962. Other materials include opinion pieces and ephemera produced by the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, editorial cartoons, and oral history interview transcripts with George Singelmann and Leander Perez.