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Freedom riders : 1961 and the struggle for racial justice / Raymond Arsenault.

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They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most celebrated episodes of the civil rights movement, yet...

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Main Author: Arsenault, Raymond
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
Subjects:
African American civil rights workers > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Segregation in transportation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Freedom Rides, 1961.
Freedom Rides (1961)
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Segregation.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
Southern States.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: E185.61 .A69 2006
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