In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on american society. Freedom riders were groups of white and african american civil rights activists who participated in freedom rides, bus trips through the american south in. Background information the congress of racial equality or planned to take buses all around the south in spring 1961 to make sure the laws that were passed about racial equality went into effect throughout the south. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. It transitions after the song glad, and has a great steve winwood vocal. Freedom riders equestrian drill team freedom riders 2010. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Some footage used about 40 minutes into the movie show alabama state trooperhighway patrol cars that clearly postdate the springsummer 1961 freedom riders movement. They called themselves the freedom riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire american. Overcoming the limitations of a familiar format thanks to the sheer heroism of its tale, freedom riders digs deep into a critical chapter of the civil rights struggle and brings it to life in a. Freedom riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed america forever.
With raymond arsenault, genevieve houghton, gordon carey, derek catsam. Historian raymond arsenault documents their journey in freedom riders. Directed by stanley nelson, it marked the 50th anniversary of the first freedom ride in may 1961 and first aired on may 16, 2011. Find highquality freedom riders stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on american. The twohour documentary is based on raymond arsenaults book freedom riders. Journey of reconciliation in the 1940s the congress of racial equality developed a type of freedom ride in response to the supreme courts ruling outlawing discrimination in interstate travel.
Freedom riders is a 2010 american historical documentary film, produced by firelight media for pbs american experience. Stanley nelson the film chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called the freedom riders who challenged the racial. Watch freedom riders american experience official site pbs. On may 4, core director james farmer leads freedom riders 7 black, 6 white out of washington on greyhound and trailways buses. One of the cars is a 1962 plymouth and the other is a 1963 chevrolet. Freedom writers 2007 pg 2h 3m dramas while her atrisk students are reading classics such as the diary of anne frank, a teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives. The film is based in part on the book freedom riders.
508 1009 935 1382 400 479 819 1070 19 240 928 18 1235 151 1389 957 616 1373 1090 1151 763 1435 1326 1066 945 439 696 798 613 1345 47 749 1412 1398 949 184 1033 1474 1380