From the film Freedom Riders: John Lewis on the Spirit of...
John Lewis speaks about the Freedom Rides' accomplishments.
From the film Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on Jim...
Bernard Lafayette speaks about traveling in the South.
From the film Freedom Riders: Genevieve Hughes on...
Genevieve Hughes speaks about press coverage increasing due to the violence.
From the film Freedom Riders: Jerry Moore on What Came Next
Jerry Moore speaks about what the Freedom Rides accomplished.
From the film Freedom Riders: John Lewis on Freedom to...
John Lewis speaks about traveling in 1960.
From the film Freedom Riders: Rev. C.T. Vivian on...
Reverend C.T. Vivian speaks about Robert F. Kennedy asking for a cooling off period.
From the film Freedom Riders: Rev. C.T. Vivian on Jim...
Reverend C.T. Vivian speaks about why blacks were resisting oppression in the 1960s.
From the film Freedom Riders: John Seigenthaler on...
John Seigenthaler speaks about Martin Luther King liberating both black and white Americans.
From the film Freedom Riders: Janie McKinney on Jim Crow...
Janie McKinney speaks about the Southern society as a house of cards.
From the film Freedom Riders: Catherine Burks-Brooks on...
Catherine Burks-Brooks speaks about deciding to join the Freedom Ride with the Nashville Student Movement.
From the film Freedom Riders: Jim Lawson on The Cold War
Jim Lawson speaks about JFK and the Cold War as a critical issue facing the U.S.
From the film Freedom Riders: Ray Arsenault on Democracy...
Ray Arsenault speaks about the ICC desegregation order.
From the film Freedom Riders: Catherine Burks-Brooks on...
Catherine Burks-Brooks speaks about being expelled from Tennessee State.
From the film Freedom Riders: Janie McKinney on The...
Janie McKinney speaks about Southerners angered by the Federal Government changing their society.
From the film Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on The...
Bernard Lafayette speaks about acting from his conscience and training in Nashville.
From the film Freedom Riders: Pauline Knight-Ofuso on...
Pauline Knight-Ofuso speaks about difficulties for black people traveling in the South.
From the film Freedom Riders: Rev. C.T. Vivian on the...
Reverend C.T. Vivian speaks about the effect of employing non-violent tactics.
From the film Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on...
Bernard Lafayette speaks about nonviolence as a response.
From the film Freedom Riders: Jerry Moore on Jim Crow Laws
Jerry Moore explains the purpose of the Freedom Rides.
From the film Freedom Riders: Catherine Burks-Brooks on...
Catherine Burke Brooks speaks about racist treatment in the South.
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