In Freedom Riders, Burks says she borrowed a line from ... FL and was enrolled as an undergraduate at Nashville's American Baptist Theological Seminary. A veteran of the Nashville sit-ins ...

In today's Black History Moment, Conley tells us more about Freedom Riders and their contribution to American History. On the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in ...

The play, “Freedom Riders: Our History Revisited” was written ... concerned that some folks are trying to erase parts of American history.” “This story tells of the brutality and ...

it's American history," Green said. "You want to know where you came from, in order to know where you're going." Green came from Jackson, Mississippi, joining the Freedom Riders in an attempt to ...

The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

ignore or downplay parts of American history, particularly dealing with racial discrimination and white supremacy. Ponton said she spent a couple of months researching the Freedom Riders and ...

Born in 1935, Hamilton grew up in Iowa and Colorado. In the early 1960s, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), ...

AT 85, HIS PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE HASN’T WANED in the 60 years since HE WAS ARRESTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE FREEDOM RIDES IN 1961. GLEASON BECAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER, MOVED TO CHICAGO AND ...

In Freedom Riders, Burks says she borrowed a line from ... FL and was enrolled as an undergraduate at Nashville's American Baptist Theological Seminary. A veteran of the Nashville sit-ins ...