Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders
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Freedom Riders

2010
117 min
7.6
76.0%
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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.

DIRECTED BY

Stanley Nelson

STARRING

Raymond Arsenault, Genevieve Houghton, Gordon Carey, Derek Catsam, John Lewis

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Cast

Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

John Lewis

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person

Self - Freedom Rider

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

John Patterson

Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian