Freedom Riders

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

John Lewis

Self - Freedom Rider

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Diane Nash

Self - Student, Fisk University

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

John Seigenthaler

Self - Nashville resident

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Hank Thomas

Self - Freedom Rider

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Harris Wofford

Self - Assistant to President Kennedy

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

C.T. Vivian

Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Stanley Nelson
Production	Producer	Stanley Nelson Laurens Grant
	Executive Producer	Mark Samels
Writing	Writer	Stanley Nelson
Editing	Editor	Aljernon Tunsil Lewis Erskine
Department	Role	Name

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