Freedom Riders 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Name: Freedom Riders 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice
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ISBN: 9780195327144

ISBN-10: 0195327144

ISBN-13: 9780195327144

Edition: N/A

Authors: Raymond Arsenault

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They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most celebrated episodes of the civil rights movement, yet a full-length history has never been written until now. In these pages, acclaimed historian Raymond Arsenault provides a gripping account of six pivotal months that jolted the consciousness of America. The Freedom Riders were greeted with hostility, fear, and violence. They were jailed and beaten, their buses stoned and firebombed. In Alabama, police stood idly by as racist thugs battered them.…

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List price: $23.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 704
Size: 8.70" wide x 5.59" long x 1.89" tall
Weight: 1.936



List of Maps


Editors' Note


Preface



You Don't Have To Ride Jim Crow



Beside the Weary Road



Hallelujah! I'm A-Travelin'



Alabama Bound



Get on Board, Little Children



If You Miss Me From the Back of the Bus



Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long



Make Me a Captive, Lord



Ain't Gonna Let No Jail House Turn Me `Round



Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom



Oh, Freedom


Epilogue: Glory Bound


Appendix: Roster of Freedom Riders


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index