Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans ...

PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - In celebration of Black History Month, the West Baton Rouge Museum will present the Emmy-award winning documentary "Freedom Riders" followed by a discussion. The event will ...

Mary Johnson, a historian and well-known author who specializes in civil rights issues, will bring the story of the Freedom Riders to SUNY Cortland on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The event, at 4 p.m. in ...

Though written nearly a decade ago and so far only workshopped at the former New York Musicals Festival, Richard Allen and Taran Gray’s “Freedom Riders: The Civil Rights Musical,” about a group of ...

Stanley Nelson’s Emmy Award winning documentary recounts the organization, intentions and lasting influence of mostly young college students who challenged segregation in the Deep South in 1961.