![]() ![]() A black Freedom Rider is arrested for sitting in a whites-only shoeshine chair in Charlotte, N.C. The trouble builds: A black waiter refuses to serve a white Freedom Rider in Danville, Va. ![]() We meet big names, such as James Farmer, director of the Congress of Racial Equality, and bit players, eager and bracing for what is to come. We see beautiful archival photos of men in suits and women in patterned dresses, planning the trip and integrating bus terminals. As they begin their journey from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, they encounter cold stares but no trouble. ![]() In lean, dramatic prose, Larry Dane Brimner introduces us to the 13 men and women - young and old, black and white - who rode buses through the South, desegregating lunch counters, restrooms and waiting areas. This is an eye-opening account of the Freedom Rides of 1961. ![]()
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