Freedom riders
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Publication Information
[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Distribution, c2011.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Then came an integrated band of college students calling themselves the Freedom Riders who challenged the president and the entire American public to correct civil-rights inequities plaguing the nation.
Notes
Title from container.
Based in part on the book Freedom riders by Raymond Arsenault.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2011.
Subjects
- Freedom Rides, 1961.
- Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century.
- African American civil rights workers > History > 20th century.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
- Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
- African Americans > Segregation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
- Segregation in transportation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
- African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
- United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
- Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.