The Freedom Riders (1): 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System
 |
The Freedom Riders: New Documentary Recounts Historic 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System in the Deep South The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens today in Greensboro, North Carolina at the site of the historic 1960 Woolworths sit-in. To mark the start of Black History Month, we turn to the story of another group of young people who were inspired by the success of the nonviolent strategy of the Greensboro sit-in. Starting in May of 1961, mixed groups of black and white students began taking interstate buses into the Deep South, risking their lives to challenge segregation. They called themselves the Freedom Riders. White mobs responded with violence. One bus was set on fire with the Freedom Riders. Numerous Freedom Riders were brutally beaten and hospitalized. We speak to Stanley Nelson, the director of the new documentary The Freedom Riders that premiered at Sundance last week. We also speak to two of the original Freedom Riders, Bernard Lafayette and Jim Zwerg.
|
Views:
15324   29
ratings |
| Time: 09:59 |
More in News & Politics |
Read more here:
The Freedom Riders (1): 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System
Related posts:
- Freedom Riders remembered 50 years later A small group of blacks and whites sparked a national movement when they boarded buses to protest segregated interstate travel...
- Freedom Riders remembered 50 years later – CBS News CTV.ca Freedom Riders remembered 50 years later CBS News CBS News correspondent Russ Mitchell reports all that would change with a movement that began 50 years ago today with...
- Challenge obesity: take the ’50 million pound challenge’ – Examiner.com Challenge obesity: take the ' 50 million pound challenge ' Examiner.com Coined, The ' 50 million pound challenge ', this national diet mission is sponsored by State Farm Insurance,...
- Rush Limbaugh Says We Need Segregated Buses Rush Limbaugh Says We Need Segregated Buses headzup.tv After the video of the white student being beaten up by black students on a school bus, Rush Limbaugh says it's...
- Did Limbaugh call for segregated buses? – Examiner.com The Week Magazine Did Limbaugh call for segregated buses? Examiner.com It's likely that Rush was only sensationalizing to make a point and not really calling for segregation , or...
