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Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History) By Raymond Arsenault Publisher: O U P 2006 | 704 Pages | ISBN: 0195136748 | PDF | 9 MB Here is the definitive account of a dramatic and indeed pivotal moment in American history, a critical episode that transformed the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Raymond Arsenault offers a meticulously researched and grippingly written account of the Freedom Rides, one of the most compelling chapters in the history of civil rights. Arsenault recounts how in 1961, emboldened by federal rulings that declared segregated transit unconstitutional, a group of volunteers--blacks and whites--traveled together from Washington DC through the Deep South, defying Jim Crow laws in buses and terminals, putting their bodies and their lives on the line for racial justice. The book paints a harrowing account of the outpouring of hatred and violence that greeted the Freedom Riders in Alabama and Mississippi. (Buy premium account for maximum speed and resumming ability)
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