Freedom Riders

The powerful, Emmy-winning story of what happened when over 400 young Americans, black and white, risked their lives to protest against racial segregation
The powerful, Emmy-winning story of what happened when over 400 young Americans, black and white, risked their lives to protest against racial segregation.
In 1961, they spent seven months travelling together in the Deep South on buses and trains. Journalists, law enforcement officers and Riders themselves recall a time that changed the USA for ever.
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