Episode 4: Helen and Robert Singleton
“Off Press” — The Podcast of LMU Magazine
English - February 01, 2018 16:25 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCourses Education Religion & Spirituality lmu education jesuit loyolamarymountuniversity magazine university Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In July 1961, Robert Singleton, retired LMU professor of economics, and Helen Singleton M.A. ’85 left Los Angeles for New Orleans, where in defiance of state segregation laws, they boarded a train bound for Jackson, Mississippi. Veterans of the civil rights movement’s legendary Freedom Riders, the Singletons talk about the fight against segregation and their jail time in Mississippi’s Parchman State Penitentiary.