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.
Length 117 minutes
Raymond Arsenault | Genevieve Houghton | Gordon Carey | Derek Catsam | John Lewis | Diane Nash | Charles Person | Sangernetta Gilbert Bush | John Seigenthaler | Evan Thomas | John Patterson | Clayborne Carson | James Lawson | Jerry Ivor Moore | Hank Thomas | Moses Newson | Mae F. Moultrie Howard | Brandt Ayers | Janie Forsyth McKinney | Gary Thomas Rowe | Diane McWhorter | Ted Gaffney | Harris Wofford | Jim Zwerg | Frederick Leonard | C.T. Vivian | Bernard LaFayette Jr. | William Harbour | Catherine Burks-Brooks | Delores Boyd | Tommy Giles | Joan Mulholland | Ernest Patton Jr. | Pauline Knight-Ofosu | Israel Dresner | Glenda Gaither Davis