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Freedom Riders

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.

Release Date

February 1, 2010

Runtime

117 min

Genres

Documentary , History

Directed by

Stanley Nelson

Written by

Stanley Nelson

Language

English

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Status

Released
Cast36 cast members

Raymond Arsenault

Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton

Self - Freedom Rider

Gordon Carey

Self - Core staff

Derek Catsam

Self - Historian

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person

Self - Freedom Rider

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush

Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

Evan Thomas

Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

John Patterson

Self - Governor of Alabama 1959-1963

Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian

James Lawson

Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Jerry Ivor Moore

Self - Freedom Rider

Hank Thomas

Self - Freedom Rider

Moses Newson

Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)

Mae F. Moultrie Howard

Self - Freedom Rider

Brandt Ayers

Self - Journalist

Janie Forsyth McKinney

Self - Anniston resident

Gary Thomas Rowe

Self - FBI informant

Diane McWhorter

Self - Writer

Ted Gaffney

Self - Photographer

Harris Wofford

Self - Assistant to President Kennedy

Jim Zwerg

Self - Exchange student, Fisk University

Frederick Leonard

Self - Student, Tennessee State University

C.T. Vivian

Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary

William Harbour

Self - Freedom Rider

Catherine Burks-Brooks

Self - Freedom Rider

Delores Boyd

Self - Montgomery resident

Tommy Giles

Self - Aide to governor Patterson

Joan Mulholland

Self - Freedom Rider

Ernest Patton Jr.

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

Pauline Knight-Ofosu

Self - Freedom Rider

Israel Dresner

Self - Rabbi, Freedom Rider

Glenda Gaither Davis

Self - Freedom Rider
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