Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

2010
1h 57m
7.6
DocumentaryHistory

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.

Top Cast

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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

John Lewis

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

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

John Seigenthaler

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

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Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer