Freedom Riders
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
DVD
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Firelight Media, United States
Duration
120 min.
Subject
Racial justice
Description
Chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders that challenged racial segregation in American interstate transportation during the Civil Rights Movement. The activist traveled together in small interracial groups and sat where ever they chose on buses and trains to compel equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms. They brought the ongoing practice of racial segregation in the southern United States to national attention.
Number of Copies
1
