Florida Frontiers TV - Florida Freedom Rides

Florida Frontiers TV - Florida Freedom Rides

 

The Freedom Rides of 1961 are seen as a pivotal point in the Civil Rights Movement, but it's often forgotten that two groups of Freedom Riders came to Florida.

 

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    2020 BLM Protests
  • Freedom Riders on planes
    Freedom Riders on planes
  • Freedom Riders on buses
    Freedom Riders on buses
  • Joan Mulholland - Freedom Rider, Rider Duke University/Tougaloo-College
    Joan Mulholland - Freedom Rider, Rider Duke University/Tougaloo-College
  • Kredelle Petway - Freedom Rider, Florida A&M University
    Kredelle Petway - Freedom Rider, Florida A&M University
  • Raymond Arsenault, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice"
    Raymond Arsenault, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice"

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