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
Raymond ArsenaultSelf - Author of 'Freedom Riders'
Genevieve HoughtonSelf - Freedom Rider
Gordon CareySelf - Core staff
Derek CatsamSelf - Historian
Charles PersonSelf - Freedom Rider
Sangernetta Gilbert BushSelf - Montgomery resident
Evan ThomasSelf - Robert F. Kennedy biographer
John PattersonSelf - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963
Clayborne CarsonSelf - Historian
James LawsonSelf - Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Jerry Ivor MooreSelf - Freedom Rider
Hank ThomasSelf - Freedom Rider
