Black History Film Series – Freedom Riders
Black History Film Series – Freedom Riders
The film chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders that challenged racial segregation in American interstate transportation during the Civil Rights Movement. The activists traveled together in small interracial groups and sat wherever they chose on buses and trains to compel equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms. They brought the ongoing practice of racial segregation in the southern United States to national attention. Stay after the movie to engage in a rich discussion about the cost of freedom. Mr. MacArthur Cotton, a 1961 Freedom Rider is our guest panelist. MacArthur Cotton was born...