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Freedom Riders (2010)

7.6 | Feb 01, 2010 (US) | Documentary, History | 01:57

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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Raymond Arsenault
Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'
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Genevieve Houghton
Self - Freedom Rider
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Gordon Carey
Self - Core staff
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Derek Catsam
Self - Historian
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John Lewis
Self - Freedom Rider
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Diane Nash
Self - Student, Fisk University
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Charles Person
Self - Freedom Rider
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Sangernetta Gilbert Bush
Self - Montgomery resident
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John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident
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Evan Thomas
Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer