Monday, August 16, 2010

Freedom Riders - Could You Get On the Bus?" The film will replay on WEDU, Channel 3, May 20th and 22nd

Two more opportunities to see this film.
Freedom Riders Discuss 50th Anniversary of Protest Movement




For more information, photos and videos, go to:
Sundance
Director: Stanley Nelson, Producer: Laurens Grant
The film is scheduled to air on the PBS series American Experience in 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders.

May 16th, 2011

Based in part on the book Freedom Riders by
Raymond Arsenault, the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History and co-director of the Florida Studies Program at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. A graduate of Princeton and Brandeis, he is the author of two prize-winning books and numerous articles on race, civil rights, and regional culture.
To order a copy of the book from a union book store go here.

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