The Freedom Rides of 1961 weren't the only civil rights revolution taking place during this time. Find out what was happening in the Deep South and around the country that made the Freedom Rides necessary.

Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, reveals what motivated him to write about this movement. Plus, what he wants people to know about these American heroes.

Black people and white people, willing to die for what was right. Fifty years later, Oprah reunites American heroes, the Freedom Riders.

Oprah and the Freedom Riders open up about this historical journey during the Civil Rights movement. Only on Oprah.com!

Jonathan Franzen shares a playlist of songs that Richard Katz, his aging punk rock character from Freedom, might not hate.