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Freedom Riders

Description: 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.

Genres: Documentary, History

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 117 minutes

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Raymond Arsenault

Played Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

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Genevieve Houghton

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Gordon Carey

Played Self - Core staff

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Derek Catsam

Played Self - Historian

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John Lewis

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Diane Nash

Played Self - Student, Fisk University

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Charles Person

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Played Self - Montgomery resident

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John Seigenthaler

Played Self - Nashville resident

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Evan Thomas

Played Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

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John Patterson

Played Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

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Clayborne Carson

Played Self - Historian

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James Lawson

Played Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

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Jerry Ivor Moore

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Hank Thomas

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Moses Newson

Played Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)

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Mae F. Moultrie Howard

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Brandt Ayers

Played Self - Journalist

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Janie Forsyth McKinney

Played Self - Anniston resident

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Gary Thomas Rowe

Played Self - FBI informant

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Diane McWhorter

Played Self - Writer

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Ted Gaffney

Played Self - Photographer

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Harris Wofford

Played Self - Assistant to President Kennedy

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Jim Zwerg

Played Self - Exchange student, Fisk University

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Frederick Leonard

Played Self - Student, Tennessee State University

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C.T. Vivian

Played Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

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Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Played Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary

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William Harbour

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Catherine Burks-Brooks

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Delores Boyd

Played Self - Montgomery resident

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Tommy Giles

Played Self - Aide to governor Patterson

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Joan Mulholland

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Ernest Patton Jr.

Played Self - Freedom Rider (as Ernest 'Rip' Patton Jr.)

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Pauline Knight-Ofosu

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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Israel Dresner

Played Self - Rabbi, Freedom Rider

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Glenda Gaither Davis

Played Self - Freedom Rider

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