Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

20101h 57m7.6/10
DocumentaryHistory

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7.6/10(10)

This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.

Production

American Experience Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

John Lewis

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person

Self - Freedom Rider

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

John Patterson

Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian

James Lawson

Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Jerry Ivor Moore

Self - Freedom Rider

Hank Thomas

Self - Freedom Rider

Moses Newson

Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)

Mae F. Moultrie Howard

Self - Freedom Rider

Brandt Ayers

Self - Journalist

Janie Forsyth McKinney

Self - Anniston resident

Gary Thomas Rowe

Self - FBI informant

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