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Freedom Riders: American Experience

Aired Monday, May 16th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm on KUED HD Ch. 7.1 »

FREEDOM RIDERS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives -- and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment -- for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism. Veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson's documentary is the first feature-length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists. Gaining access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, Nelson chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

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This Diverse Voices program was screened on Tuesday May 10th, 2011 at 6:30pm at Salt Lake City Main Library.

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