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     Who Were the Freedom Riders? | The Civil Rights Movement

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     AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Freedom Riders: The Tactic

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2. www.youtube.com › watchThe Bus of Hope - The Story of the Legendary Freedom Riders

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   This documentary of the Freedom Riders of 1961 gives an in-depth story of the true Civil Rights figures.

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3. www.youtube.com › c › FREEDOMRIDERSTheCivilRightsMusicalFREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical - YouTube

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   FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical tells the true story of the 1961 activists who boldly challenged the legality and optics of the segregated Jim Crow south by riding buses in mixed...

4. www.youtube.com › watchFreedom Riders: Journey for Equality - YouTube

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   Discover the courageous story of the Freedom Riders who challenged segregation laws in the 1960s. Their bravery inspires us today. #CivilRights #FreedomRider...

5. www.youtube.com › watchThe Freedom Riders: Journey to Desegregation - YouTube

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   One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, Henry “Hank” Thomas had not initially planned to join the first Freedom Ride. He stepped in to replace his roommate, J...

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6. www.youtube.com › watchCourageous Voices The Story of the Freedom Riders - YouTube

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   Dive into the inspiring and harrowing tale of the Freedom Riders in our latest educational video. Join us as we journey back to the pivotal era of the Civil ...

7. www.youtube.com › watchUntold Stories of the Freedom Riders - YouTube

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   Join us as we delve into the courageous and inspiring stories of the Freedom Riders, a group of activists who risked their lives to challenge segregation and...

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   Do former Freedom Riders still practice civil disobedience?

   • And few former Freedom Riders still practice civil disobedience. Joan Pleune, 70, of New York City, is a member of the Granny Peace Brigade; she was arrested two years ago at an anti-Iraq War protest in Washington, D.C. while "reading the names of the war dead," she says.

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   Who was the first Freedom Rider to be assaulted?

   • John Lewis, then 21 and already a veteran of sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville, was the first Freedom Rider to be assaulted. While trying to enter a whites-only waiting room in Rock Hill, South Carolina, two men set upon him, battering his face and kicking him in the ribs.

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   Who started the Freedom Rides?

   • Some were active in civil rights groups like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which initiated the Freedom Rides and was founded in 1942 on Mahatma Gandhi's principle of nonviolent protest.

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   Why were Freedom Riders arrested?

   • Freedom Riders "wanted to be a part of this effort to change America." John Lewis, the future congressman, was arrested for his actions. Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Georgia Congressman John Lewis. Mug shot of Freedom Rider Miller Green.

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   What happened to Freedom Rider Miller Green?

   • Mug shot of Freedom Rider Miller Green. Miller Green, of Chicago, spent 39 days in a Mississippi prison after his arrest at a bus station: "We were jammed in like cattle, with no lights, no air, as punishment for singing and reading sermons." Mug shot of Freedom Rider Joan Pleune.

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9. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-freedomThe Freedom Riders, Then and Now | Smithsonian

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   The bus passengers assaulted that day were Freedom Riders, among the first of more than 400 volunteers who traveled throughout the South on regularly scheduled buses for seven months in 1961 to...