Freedom Riders

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.

DocumentaryHistory

Release: 2010-02-01Runtime: 117 minRating: 7.6 (10)

Cast

Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

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

Crew

Stanley Nelson

Writer

Aljernon Tunsil

Editor

Lewis Erskine

Editor

Stanley Nelson

Director

Mark Samels

Executive Producer

Stanley Nelson

Producer

Laurens Grant

Producer

Clips & Videos

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