Freedom Riders
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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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Cast
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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
Also in
Arthur
Mikeyboy
Diane Nash
Self - Student, Fisk University
Charles Person
Self - Freedom Rider
Sangernetta Gilbert Bush
Self - Montgomery resident
John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident
John Patterson
Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian
James Lawson
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Stanley Nelson Director · Aljernon Tunsil Editor Lewis Erskine Editor
United States release February 1, 2010 · Produced in United States · Languages English, French
Production
American Experience Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · February 1, 2010
Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Germany
October 12, 2020 · TV · arte
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