Freedom Riders

For Black History Month, Ten Key Films on the African-American Experience

John Farr | Posted 03.20.2012

John Farr

With Martin Luther King's birthday just past us, and Black History month coming up, the time seems right to celebrate those invaluable films that shed light on the black community's long struggle for equal rights in this country.

Daddy's Girl: Honoring My Father's Legacy

Kirsten West Savali | Posted 01.23.2012

Kirsten West Savali

My father was my umbrella; but he didn't just shelter and protect me. He molded me. He taught me the importance of community. I write this open tribute with no hesitation nor reservation to say that I am so proud to be his daughter.

Facing Down the Law on Bus 148

Danielle C. Jefferis | Posted 01.16.2012

Danielle C. Jefferis

Inspired by the Southern Freedom Riders, the Palestinian Freedom Riders seek to shed light on Israel's racially discriminatory practices by boarding segregated buses on routes between illegal settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.10.2012

Clarence B. Jones

Just as our Freedom Riders were primarily directed to awaken the conscience and sense of decency in the majority of white America, our Palestinian brothers and sisters are seeking to awaken the conscience of the world and a majority of Israelis.

Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011

Wyatt Closs

This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

Where Are They Now?: The Freedom Riders

Posted 10.09.2011

Hank Thomas walked up the steps of the Greyhound bus on a sunny May 4, 1961. As he surveyed its drab, blue-gray interior, the lanky 19-year-old Africa...

Hempstead Freedom Walkers Challenge Long Island Segregation

Alan Singer | Posted 08.17.2011

Alan Singer

Eighth-grade students in Hempstead, New York organized a Freedom Walk to honor the 1961 Freedom Riders and to make a statement that racial integration and equality should still be valued by our society today.

The Music Of The Movement

Posted 07.30.2011

In a church where four little girls lost their lives, angels still seem to be singing. Their songs are not of the pain left behind, but of freedom.

The Rapture Effect: Finding The Church's Voice When It Really Matters

David A. Davis | Posted 07.25.2011

David A. Davis

It is much less a credit to Harold Camping's marketing machine, much less a problem with the obsessive behavior of the media, and much more an indictment of the rest of us who seek to bring faith and life together in relevant ways.

"Sing Your Song": Harry Belafonte on Art and Politics, Civil Rights and His Critique of President Obama

Democracy Now! | Posted 07.16.2011

Democracy Now!

Tonight, PBS airs the documentary Freedom Riders, about the effort of students to end segregation in the South. Harry Belafonte was a supporter of the Freedom Riders, and is now the subject of the documentary Sing Your Song.

American Commencement: Can the Class of 2011 Be the Freedom Riders of Tomorrow?

Curtis Valentine | Posted 07.16.2011

Curtis Valentine

On this, the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, it is time to reflect on how America can better prepare our new graduates to serve their communities and the world.

Freedom Riders, by Any Other Name

Mary Daily | Posted 07.11.2011

Mary Daily

Freedom Riders, who arrived in the South 50 years ago this month in the cause of civil rights, were called something else in the segregated states upo...

In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Freedom Riders

Black Voices | Trymaine Lee | Posted 07.09.2011

Yesterday morning, as I stood across from where it all began at 1100 New York Avenue in Washington, D.C., and watched as the college kids linked arms ...

Students Retrace 1961's Freedom Ride

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 07.09.2011

RICHMOND, Va. — Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to him: retracing the origina...

Filmmaker Captures History, Emotion Of Freedom Riders

| Erin Chan Ding | Posted 06.12.2011

Fifty years ago this May, a group of young blacks and whites in Washington D.C. boarded a bus to test a Supreme Court decision that segregation on int...

Favorites from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Roya Rastegar | Posted 05.25.2011

Roya Rastegar

Utopia was not only moving but a reminder that there's power conjured through the experience of collectively watching cinema. For this reason, it aptly captures the spirit of rebellion that Sundance 2010 was all about.