
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.

Raymond Arsenault
Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton
Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey
Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam
Self - Historian


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February 1, 2010
1h 57m
7.5
Stanley Nelson
Stanley Nelson
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American Experience Films
US

John Lewis
Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash
Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person
Self - Freedom Rider

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush
Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident

Evan Thomas
Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer
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