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Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery: Freedom Rides

Guide to the exhibits in the LWLC's Civil Rights Interactive Room

Recommended Books

Breach of Peace by Eric Etheridge; Diane McWhorter (Introduction by); Roger Wilkins (Preface by)
Call Number: E 185.93 .M6 E84 2008
ISBN: 097774339X
Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch
Call Number: E 185.61 .B71 1988
ISBN: 0671460978
Freedom Riders by Raymond Arsenault
Call Number: E 185.61 .A67 2006
ISBN: 0195136748

Recommended Links

Credit: oprah.com

Retrace the Rides

Oprah Winfrey's tribute to the Freedom Riders

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American Experience: Freedom Riders

Documentary is based on Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice."

About the Freedom Rides

Timeline
"Freedom Riders Timeline." WGBH American Experience
Overview

"Freedom Rides." Encyclopedia of Alabama
Perspectives

"Get on the bus: The Freedom Riders of 1961." National Public Radio-Fresh Air

Freedom Riders

Credit: pbs.org

Documents

Governor declares martial law

See the proclamation at the Alabama Department of Archives & History website.

Montgomery Advertiser Freedom Riders

See the Montgomery Advertiser microfilm in the LWLC Special Collections (First Floor)

See Freedom Riders memobilia at the LWLC Archives (Second Floor)

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Oral Histories

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Congressman John Lewis discusses Freedom Rides.

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Freedom Rides Organizer Diane Nash discusses the Movement.

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