Freedom riders : 1961 and the struggle for racial justice / Raymond Arsenault.
Material type: TextSeries: Pivotal moments in American historyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Edition: Abridged edDescription: xiv, 306 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0199754314 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
- 9780199754311 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- African American civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Segregation in transportation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 323.092 A781 | Available | 33111006510974 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
Includes bibliographical references.