Freedom Riders: American Experience

FREEDOM RIDERS

From Lowell To Jackson: One Freedom Rider's Story

By Jess Bidgood
In July 1961, Lowell native Ellen Ziskind joined the Freedom Ride, spending six weeks in a Mississippi prison after defying the state's segregation rule. 50 years later, she shares her story.

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Dorchester Student Brings Freedom Ride Lessons Home

WGBH PRESENTS FREEDOM RIDERS

By Jess Bidgood
Tariq Meyers says growing up in Dorchester made him who he is. He participated in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride — and he hopes to use lessons from the experience to bring a new activism, steeped in history, to his home neighborhood.

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FREEDOM RIDERS

Students Follow In Freedom Riders' Footsteps

WGBH PRESENTS FREEDOM RIDERS

By Phillip Martin
WGBH's Phillip Martin is following 40 students retrace the path of the Freedom Rides, the 1961 student demonstrations against segregation in the South. We meet student rider Peter Davis, and learn how he has been inspired by original rider Genevieve Houghton.

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