P3-Freedom Riders

Although less well known than the events in Birmingham and Selma, the story of the Freedom Riders is one of the most remarkable episodes of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Their courageous effort to end segregation in public transportation was marked by determination in the face of brutal violence and systemic injustice. Presenter David Lilly will recount the dramatic events of that spring and summer—from the firebombing of a bus outside Anniston, Alabama, to the determined campaign that filled the jails of Jackson, Mississippi.