5.24.2011

Freedom Rides resources

-- Summaries
* From The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute (Stanford University): @
* From Federal Highway Administration (chapters 25-32): @
* From Upfront (New York Times newsmagazine for teens): @
* From findingdulcinea.com: @
* From blackpast.org: @
* From watson.org: @

-- Map
* Associated Press, February 1962 (from crmvet.org): @

-- Websites
* Civil Rights Movement Veterans: @
* Freedom Rides Revisited (from Mississippi Department of Archives and History): @
* Mississippi Freedom 50th (anniversary website): @

-- Documentaries
* "Freedom Riders" (shown on PBS): @
* Study guide for "Freedom Riders": @
* News report on "Freedom Riders" (from democracynow.org): @
* More from "Eyes on the Prize" (PBS/WGBH documentary): @
* "The Children Shall Lead" (documentary website): @
* "You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow!" (about the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation): @

-- Videos
* "Riding to Freedom" (from Smithsonian magazine): @
* Interview with James Farmer (from teachersdomain.org): @
* Remembrances (from Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.): @
* "Freedom Ride inspires participants to create change" (Vanderbilt University, 2007): @
* From Mississippi Public Broadcasting: @

-- Books
* "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice" (Raymond Arsenault): @
* "Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides" (Derek Catsum): @
* "Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders" (Eric Etheridge, book and blog): @
* "The Politics of Injustice: The Kennedys, the Freedom Rides, and the Electoral Consequences of a Moral Compromise" (David Niven): @
* Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern town" (Phil Noble): @

-- Photos
* From Life magazine: @
* From Getty Images: @ and @
* From Corbis Images: @
* From Magnum Photos: @
* Photo gallery, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal: @

-- Other resources
* Complete roster of participants (from "Freedom Riders" book): @
* Recollections by David Fankhauser: @
* Links from Civil Rights Digital Library: @
* Links from findingdulcinea.com: @
* Links from crmvet.org: @


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