Freedom Riders 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 ...

PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - In celebration of Black History Month, the West Baton Rouge Museum will present the Emmy-award winning documentary "Freedom Riders" followed by a discussion. The event will ...

Gordon Carey, former field director with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a prominent civil rights advocate, headlines a special Freedom Riders 50th anniversary remembrance on May 6 at the ...

Lots of Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations are happening with his birthday coming up. Would you like to know more about American History? Bates Technical College will celebrate with the award-winning ...

SUBSCRIBER FIRST 110420 Atlanta -- Congressman John Lewis talks about his participation in the 1961 Freedom Rides and other civil rights protests in his downtown Atlanta office Wednesday, April 20, ...

Recently, I had the privilege of attending a preview of the documentary "Freedom Riders." This very special event was made possible through the efforts of our local public television station, WQPT.

Fifty years ago, a wave of black college students known as the Freedom Riders challenged segregation across the South by demanding equal treatment on buses and trains. The Freedom Rides spanned from ...

Stanley Nelson’s Emmy Award winning documentary recounts the organization, intentions and lasting influence of mostly young college students who challenged segregation in the Deep South in 1961.