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Freedom Riders

Author : Raymond Arsenault
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199792429
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Riders written by Raymond Arsenault and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saga of the Freedom Rides is an improbable, almost unbelievable story. In the course of six months in 1961, four hundred and fifty Freedom Riders expanded the realm of the possible in American politics, redefining the limits of dissent and setting the stage for the civil rights movement. In this new version of his encyclopedic Freedom Riders, Raymond Arsenault offers a significantly condensed and tautly written account. With characters and plot lines rivaling those of the most imaginative fiction, this is a tale of heroic sacrifice and unexpected triumph. Arsenault recounts how a group of volunteers--blacks and whites--came together to travel from Washington DC through the Deep South, defying Jim Crow laws in buses and terminals and putting their lives on the line for racial justice. News photographers captured the violence in Montgomery, shocking the nation and sparking a crisis in the Kennedy administration. Here are the key players--their fears and courage, their determination and second thoughts, and the agonizing choices they faced as they took on Jim Crow--and triumphed. Winner of the Owsley Prize Publication is timed to coincide with the airing of the American Experience miniseries documenting the Freedom Rides "Arsenault brings vividly to life a defining moment in modern American history." --Eric Foner, The New York Times Book Review "Authoritative, compelling history." --William Grimes, The New York Times "For those interested in understanding 20th-century America, this is an essential book." --Roger Wilkins, Washington Post Book World "Arsenault's record of strategy sessions, church vigils, bloody assaults, mass arrests, political maneuverings and personal anguish captures the mood and the turmoil, the excitement and the confusion of the movement and the time." --Michael Kenney, The Boston Globe

Breach of Peace

Author : Eric Etheridge
Publisher : Atlas Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Breach of Peace written by Eric Etheridge and published by Atlas Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans - black and white, male and female - converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge the state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights. Over 300 were arrested and convicted of 'breaching of the peace'. The name, mug shot and other personal details of each arrested Freedom Rider were duly recorded and saved. Collected here is a richly illustrated book book featuring contemporary photos and interviews alongside the mug shots.

The Freedom Rides

Author : Anne Wallace Sharp
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 142050908X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Freedom Rides written by Anne Wallace Sharp and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Anne Wallace Sharp describes the events that led up to and followed the historic Freedom Rides of 1961. The experiences of African Americans in the Jim Crow South, the stark inequality enforced with segregation laws, and the struggles of the budding civil rights movement are all discussed. Sharp recounts the experiences shared by the Freedom Riders as they faced oppression and violence, and describes how this event changed the course of American history.

Freedom's Main Line

Author : Derek Charles Catsam
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813138868
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Main Line written by Derek Charles Catsam and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A compelling, spellbinding examination of a pivotal event in civil rights history . . . a highly readable and dramatic account of a major turning point.” —Journal of African-American History Black Americans in the Jim Crow South could not escape the grim reality of racial segregation, whether enforced by law or by custom. In Freedom’s Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, author Derek Charles Catsam shows that courtrooms, classrooms, and cemeteries were not the only front lines in African Americans’ prolonged struggle for basic civil rights. Buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation provided the perfect means for civil rights activists to protest the second-class citizenship of African Americans, bringing the reality of the violence of segregation into the consciousness of America and the world. Freedom’s Main Line argues that the Freedom Rides, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, were a logical, natural evolution of such earlier efforts as the Journey of Reconciliation, relying on the principles of nonviolence so common in the larger movement. The impact of the Freedom Rides, however, was unprecedented, fixing the issue of civil rights in the national consciousness. Later activists were often dubbed Freedom Riders even if they never set foot on a bus. With challenges to segregated transportation as his point of departure, Catsam chronicles black Americans’ long journey toward increased civil rights. Freedom’s Main Line tells the story of bold incursions into the heart of institutional discrimination, journeys undertaken by heroic individuals who forced racial injustice into the national and international spotlight and helped pave the way for the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Civil Rights: Freedom Riders

Author : Harriet Isecke
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 9781433305542
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Civil Rights: Freedom Riders written by Harriet Isecke and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to the Freedom Rides in a readers' theater format.

Freedom Rider Diary

Author : Carol Ruth Silver
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617038873
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Rider Diary written by Carol Ruth Silver and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's harrowing, unforgettable account from the nadir of Jim Crow Mississippi

Sit-ins and Freedom Rides

Author : David Aretha
Publisher : Morgan Reynolds Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781599350981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Sit-ins and Freedom Rides written by David Aretha and published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are often credited with the success of the civil rights movement, thousands of others staged their own grassroots campaigns to help and segregation in America. In 1960, four students of North Carolina A & T university staged as sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter. Despite fears of arrest, beatings, or worse, the four spent the day at the counter, quietly and politely. The next day, they came back, with more protesters. Soon, they inspired sit-in movements throughout the South. At the same time, a group of activists decided to challenge segregation on interstate buses by going on a Freedom Ride, a bus ride throughout the South to a number of segregated areas. Through they were frequently greeted by violent assault and their buses were burned and destroyed, they carried on. Their persistence and commitment to nonviolence grabbed headlines, as well as the attention of President John F. Kennedy and his attorney general brother Robert. Their courage helped strike of powerful blow against racism throughout America. Book jacket.

Twelve Days in May

Author : Larry Dane Brimner
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 1629799173
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Twelve Days in May written by Larry Dane Brimner and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner “An engaging and accessible account” for young readers about the Freedom Riders who led the landmark 1961 protests against segregation on buses (School Library Journal) On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the South. The Ride would last twelve days. Despite the fact that segregation on buses crossing state lines was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1946, and segregation in interstate transportation facilities was ruled unconstitutional in 1960, these rulings were routinely ignored in the South. The thirteen Freedom Riders intended to test the laws and draw attention to the lack of enforcement with their peaceful protest. As the Riders traveled deeper into the South, they encountered increasing violence and opposition. Noted civil rights author Larry Dane Brimner relies on archival documents and rarely seen images to tell the riveting story of the little-known first days of the Freedom Ride.

Buses Are a Comin'

Author : Charles Person
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250274206
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Buses Are a Comin' written by Charles Person and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward—written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers. At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists—including future Congressman John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality Director James Farmer, Reverend Benjamin Elton Cox, journalist and pacifist James Peck, and CORE field secretary Genevieve Hughes—set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide. Two buses proceeded through Virginia, North and South Carolina, to Georgia where they were greeted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and finally to Alabama. There, the Freedom Riders found their answer: No. Southern states would continue to disregard federal law and use violence to enforce racial segregation. One bus was burned to a shell, its riders narrowly escaping; the second, which Charles rode, was set upon by a mob that beat several riders nearly to death. Buses Are a Comin’ provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles Person accompanies his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation’s violent grip on African American lives. It is also a challenge from a teenager of a previous era to the young people of today: become agents of transformation. Stand firm. Create a more just and moral country where students have a voice, youth can make a difference, and everyone belongs.

A Ride to Remember

Author : Sharon Langley
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683356233
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book A Ride to Remember written by Sharon Langley and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of how a 1963 ride on a carousel in Maryland made a powerful Civil Rights statement. A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together—both black and white—to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African-American families were not allowed entry. This book reveals how in the summer of 1963, due to demonstrations and public protests, the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time. Co-author Sharon Langley was the first African-American child to ride the carousel. This was on the same day of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Langley’s ride to remember demonstrated the possibilities of King’s dream. This book includes photos of Sharon on the carousel, authors’ notes, a timeline, and a bibliography. “Delivers a beautiful and tender message about equality from the very first page.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Cooper’s richly textured illustrations evoke sepia photographs’ dreamlike combination of distance and immediacy, complementing the aura of reminiscence that permeates Langley and Nathan’s narrative.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “A solid addition to U.S. history collections for its subject matter and its first-person historical narrative.” —School Library Journal

She Stood for Freedom

Author : Loki Mulholland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629721774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book She Stood for Freedom written by Loki Mulholland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland follows her from her childhood in 1950s Virginia through her high school and college years, when she joined the Civil Rights Movement, attending demonstrations and sit-ins. She also participated in the Freedom Rides of 1961 and was arrested and imprisoned. Her life has been spent standing up for human rights.

Freedom Riders

Author : Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1491402229
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Riders written by Heather E. Schwartz and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Freedom Riders during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement"--

The Story of the Civil Rights Freedom Rides in Photographs

Author : David Aretha
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1464404151
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Civil Rights Freedom Rides in Photographs written by David Aretha and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bombs. Clubs. Metal pipes. Severe beatings. Angry segregationists. This is what the Freedom Riders faced when they journeyed into the Deep South to integrate the interstate buses and terminals. Civil rights activists, black and white, understood the dangers of the Freedom Rides. They knew opposition would be fierce, but they did not care. It was worth the risk in the pursuit of African-American rights. Through captivating primary source photographs, author David Aretha examines this fight for equality in the Civil Rights Movement.

The Freedom Rides

Author : Sarah Machajewski
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534562397
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Freedom Rides written by Sarah Machajewski and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of the 1900s, African Americans were tired of the discriminatory treatment they had been receiving even after the abolition of slavery nearly 100 years prior. As the American civil rights movement began to grow, a group of courageous activists, called the Freedom Riders, began challenging the segregated status quo. Assisted by engaging fact boxes and a comprehensive text, readers are placed in the middle of the fight for equality. Striking photographs show readers the human aspect of the push, and fight, for greater social equality.

Freedom Rides

Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756533335
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Rides written by Dale Anderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the 1961 freedom rides when African Americans and white civil rights activists traveled on buses to the South to test a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that interstate bus stations had to be integrated.

The Freedom Riders

Author : Kate Shoup
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502631180
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Freedom Riders written by Kate Shoup and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supreme Court's decision in the 1960 case of Boynton v. Virginia held that any amenity related to interstate travel could not be segregated. In the South, the decision effected little change; restaurants, restrooms, and waiting rooms in bus and train terminals remained divided into white-only and black-only areas in 1961 when the Freedom Riders showed the world the ugly reality of segregation. At the outset of the Freedom Rides, thirteen men and women, both black and white, came together to ride buses through the South and challenge segregation in bus terminals. They faced an overwhelming, violent response. Yet at the peak of the movement, more than four hundred people risked physical harm to participate. This book provides a comprehensive look at the bravery of those involved, describes the racism protestors fought, and outlines how peaceful tactics ultimately led to desegregation.

Autobiography of a Freedom Rider

Author : Thomas Armstrong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0757391710
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Autobiography of a Freedom Rider written by Thomas Armstrong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the segregated Deep South when lynching and Klansmen and Jim Crow laws ruled, there stood a line of foot soldiers ready to sacrifice their lives for the right to vote, to enter rooms marked "White Only," and to live with simple dignity. They were called Freedom Riders and Thomas M. Armstrong was one of them. This is his story as well as a look ahead at the work still to be done. June, 1961. Thomas M. Armstrong, determined to challenge segregated interstate bus travel in Mississippi, courageously walks into a Trailways bus station waiting room in Jackson. He is promptly arrested for his part in a strategic plan to gain national attention. The crime? Daring to share breathing space marked "Whites Only." Being of African-American descent in the Mississippi Deep South was literally a crime if you overstepped legal or even unspoken cultural bounds in 1961. The consequences of defying entrenched societal codes could result in brutal beatings, displacement, even murder with no recourse for justice in a corrupt political machine, thick with the grease of racial bias. The Freedom Rides were carefully orchestrated and included both black-and-white patriots devoted to the cause of de-segregation. Autobiography of a Freedom Rider details the strategies employed behind the scenes that resulted in a national spectacle of violence so stunning in Alabama and Mississippi that Robert Kennedy called in Federal marshals. Armstrong's burning need to create social change for his fellow black citizens provides the backdrop of this richly woven memoir that traces back to his great-grandparents as freed slaves, examines the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the devastating personal repercussions Armstrong endured for being a champion of those rights, the sweet taste of progressive advancement in the past 50 years, and a look ahead at the work still to be done. Hundreds were arrested for their part in the Freedom Rides, Thomas M. Armstrong amongst them. But it is the authors' quest to give homage to "the true heroes of the civil rights movement . . . the everyday black Southerners who confronted the laws of segregation under which they lived . . . the tens of thousands of us who took a chance with our lives when we decided that no longer would we accept the legacy of exclusion that had robbed our ancestors of hope and faith in a just society."