Freedom Ride, 1961
- Date
1961
- Main contributor
Congress of Racial Equality
- Summary
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Documentary account of the integrated bus rides into the deep South following the Supreme Court's decisions banning segregation in interstate travel. The peaceful, disciplined conduct of the Freedom Riders is contrasted with the mob violence they encountered in city after city. Statements defining the purpose of the Freedom Riders are made by James Farmer, Executive Director of Congress of Racial Equality, and several of the Freedom Riders.
- Contributor
Social Action Commission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Publisher
Trident Films Production
- Subjects
Civil Rights, Civic Engagement; Civil rights demonstrations--United States; Civil rights demonstrations--United States--Freedom Rides, 1961
- Locations
North America; United States
- Collection
Labor
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/contact/home.
- Physical Description
00:22:00 hh:mm:ss; 16mm film
- Notes
Access condition: public.
- Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:732036; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/43508; Catalog Key: 2014-001-RG097-03-0353; Filename: labor-073845
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.