Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

1 ч 57 м

2010

7.6

Documentary History

Story Line

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.

Top Cast

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Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

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Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

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Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

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Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

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Charles Person

Self - Freedom Rider

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Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

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Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

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John Patterson

Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

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Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian