The+Freedom+Riders

At the Sundance Film Festival last week, Amy Goodman interviewed Staley Nelson, director of a new documentary //Freedom Riders//. She also spoke with two surviving riders: Bernard Lafayette and Jim Zwerg. [|Connect] to "The Freedom Riders: New Documentary Recounts Historic 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System in the Deep South"

At the Sundance Film Festival website, you can watch some of the film. Click [|here].

NPR has a broadcast, pictures, and an article with more information about the Freedom Riders. [|Connect] to "Get On the Bus: The Freedom Riders of 1961" by Terry Gross = =