The Freedom Riders (1): 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System

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Run time: 09:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T50Ym94k8Y   Posted on YouTube: February 01, 2010 By YouTube Member: StartLoving2 Views on YouTube: 23593   Posted on DU: May 22, 2011 By DU Member: Very_Boring_Name Views on DU: 262

 
Democracy now interview with the creator of a documentary on the "Freedom Riders," a group of white and black anti-segregationists who deliberately (and illegally) sat together on buses in the deep south, to challenge the jim crow laws.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c6TbyJvA4k&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYhEhOhDc8U&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4C0NoQx1I&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnzI8VlrWg&feature=related

(P.S: does anyone else find it kind of annoying how Amy Goodman always calls her guests by both their first and last names whenever she interviews them?)