Democracy Now
The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens ... in Greensboro, North Carolina at the site of the historic 1960 Woolworth’s sit-in. To mark ... Black History Month, we turn to the story of another group of young people who were inspired by the success of the nonviolent strategy of the Greensboro sit-in. Starting in May of 1961, mixed groups of black and white students began taking interstate buses into the Deep South, risking their lives to challenge segregation. They called themselves the Freedom Riders. White mobs responded with violence. One bus was set on fire with the Freedom Riders. Numerous Freedom Riders were brutally beaten and hospitalized. We speak to Stanley Nelson, the director of the new documentary The Freedom Riders that premiered at Sundance last week. We also speak to two of the original Freedom Riders, Bernard Lafayette and Jim Zwerg.
Guests:
Stanley Nelson, award-winning filmmaker and director of The Freedom Riders. His other films include The Murder of Emmett Till and Wounded Knee.
Bernard Lafayette, participated in the Nashville-New Orleans Freedom Ride in 1961. Dr. Bernard Lafayette is Distinguished Professor in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding and senior scholar-in-residence at Emory University.
Jim Zwerg, participated in the Nashville-New Orleans Freedom Ride in 1961. He was severely beaten by a mob in Montgomery, Alabama.
To Read/Listen/Watch
Also check out:
The Freedom Rides, Pt. 1
The Freedom Rides, Pt. 2
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