Useful Links
The article "1961: The Freedom Riders" was written by Merrill Perlman and published in the New York Times Upfront magazine on January 10, 2011.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/1961-the-freedom-riders
King Encyclopedia Entry
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-rides
White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/14
Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. By. Raymond Arsenault
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Riders-Struggle-Justice-American/dp/0195327144
A timeline of the Freedom Rides of 1961
https://www.crmvet.org/riders/freedom_rides.pdf
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/1961-the-freedom-riders
King Encyclopedia Entry
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-rides
White Mob Attacks Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/14
Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. By. Raymond Arsenault
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Riders-Struggle-Justice-American/dp/0195327144
A timeline of the Freedom Rides of 1961
https://www.crmvet.org/riders/freedom_rides.pdf
Warning: Sensitive Language
Primary Sources
Photographs of the Freedom Rides
https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgfr.htm
More Photos
https://350cr.blogs.brynmawr.edu/past-campaigns/freedom-rides/
Primary Sources: The 1960s: Freedom Riders (1961)
https://cnu.libguides.com/psthe1960s/freedomriders
Freedom Riders oral histories
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/freeriders/
https://www.crmvet.org/images/imgfr.htm
More Photos
https://350cr.blogs.brynmawr.edu/past-campaigns/freedom-rides/
Primary Sources: The 1960s: Freedom Riders (1961)
https://cnu.libguides.com/psthe1960s/freedomriders
Freedom Riders oral histories
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/freeriders/
Classroom Resources
Freedom Riders 1h 52m
The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.
Freedom Riders features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters: the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the Rides firsthand. The two-hour documentary is based on Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-freedom-riders/
The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.
Freedom Riders features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters: the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the Rides firsthand. The two-hour documentary is based on Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-freedom-riders/