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Freedom Riders
Documentary · 2010

Freedom Riders

7.5 37 cast 2010

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.

Cast 37

John Lewis
John Lewis
Self - Freedom Rider
John Seigenthaler
John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident
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Joan Mulholland
Self - Freedom Rider
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Bernard LaFayette Jr.
Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary
Diane Nash
Diane Nash
Self - Student, Fisk University
HW
Harris Wofford
Self - Assistant to President Kennedy
DM
Diane McWhorter
Self - Writer

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