Freedom riders

Telling 436 stories in one documentary.

Freedom Riders: Then

The powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.

Freedom riders of civil right movement 1960.

Mug shots of freedom riders arrested on May 24, 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi after arriving from Montgomery, Alabama. They were arrested after going into a whites-only waiting room and refusing to move on when asked to do so by police. — in Jackson, Mississippi.

Experience an evening of performances marking the 50th anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.

These are the mug shots of the Freedom Riders as they were arrested in 1961. Most of them were sent to the brutal Parchman Prison in Mississippi. These are only 32 of the 400 riders who fought for Freedom.

The Freedom Riders as they were called risked their lives in hopes of bringing attention to the counties great racial divide.