Wednesday, December 22, 2010

'Freedom Riders': The fight to end segregation (AP)

In this 2008 publicity image released by Firelight Media, documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson is shown at the Firelight Media offices in New York.. Nelson says his new documentary about the courageous activists who defiantly opposed the 1960s segregation of the South may help inspire a new generation of youth. The film, 'Freedom Riders,' recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated travel on interstate buses in the Deep South. The American Experience film, set to air May 16 on PBS, has been generating buzz on the film festival circuit ever since its showing at Sundance in January. (AP Photo/Firelight Media)AP - Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says his new documentary about the courageous activists who defiantly opposed the 1960s segregation of the South may help inspire a new generation of youth.


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