Freedom riders [electronic resource] : 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arsenault, Raymond
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2007 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2006 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2006 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

You don't have to ride Jim Crow
Beside the weary road
Hallelujah! I'm a-travelin'
Alabama bound
Get on board, little children
If you miss me from the back of the bus
Freedom's coming and it won't be long
Make me a captive, Lord
Ain't gonna let no jail house turn me 'round
Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom
Oh, freedom
Epilogue : glory bound
Appendix : roster of freedom riders.