OPRAH HONORS AMERICAN HEROES: THE FREEDOM RIDERS REUNITE 50 YEARS LATER
may 4, 2011
Black people and white people, willing to die for what was right. Fifty years later, Oprah reunites American heroes—the Freedom Riders.
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- Stanley Nelson's documentary Freedom Riders premieres May 16, 2011, on PBS. For more information, visit PBS.org/FreedomRiders
- Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice is available in stores now
- Find out more about Stanley Nelson and the documentary Freedom Riders at FirelightMedia.org
- More than 400 people participated in the Freedom Rides. See the complete roster
- The book Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders is available in stores now
- Artist Charlotta Janssen's portraits of Freedom Riders will be on display at the Downtown Public Library of Nashville from June 18 through October 6. Find out more at CharlottaJanssen.com
- Discuss doing the right thing at ResponsibilityProject.com
Black people and white people, willing to die for what was right. Fifty years later, Oprah reunites American heroes, the Freedom Riders. More 
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Freedom Rider Hank Thomas reunites with Janie Forsyth McKinney. When the Freedom Riders arrived in Anniston, Alabama, their bus was bombed and the Riders suffered smoke inhalation and beatings from an angry mob. Brave Janie, just 12 years old at the time, More
Retrace two of the most influential Freedom Rides of 1961: the original CORE Freedom Ride and the Nashville Student Movement Ride. More
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