"Freedom Riders" Film Screening and Discussion

The Center for the Study of Race & Democracy (CSRD) and The Philosophy and Film Series present the Created Equal Film Series. Join us for a screening of "Freedom Riders" followed by a discussion moderated by James Wermers, CSRD affiliated faculty.

About the Film:
Attracting a diverse group of volunteers—black and white, young and old, male and female, secular and religious, northern and southern — the Freedom Rides of 1961 took the civil rights struggle out of the courtroom and onto the streets of the Jim Crow South. Freedom Riders tells the terrifying, moving, and suspenseful story of a time when white and black volunteers riding a bus into the Deep South risked being jailed, beaten, or killed, as local and state authorities ignored or encouraged violent attacks.

Sponsored by Arizona Public Service - APS and the National Endowment for the Humanities