Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders

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Freedom Riders

7.6(10 votes)
2010
1h 57m
DocumentaryHistory

Overview

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.

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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

Directed by

Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

Written by

Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

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