freedom rides, 1961

"A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied in Black Lives Matter. David Dennis Sr., a core architect of the movement, speaks out for the first time, swapping recollections both harrowing and joyful with David Jr., a journalist working on the front lines of change today. Taken together, their stories paint a critical portrait of America, casting one nation's image through the lens of two individual Black men and their unique relationship. Playful and searching, anxious and restorative, fearless and driving, this intimate memoir features scenes from across David Sr.'s life, as he becomes involved in the movement, tries to move beyond it, and ultimately returns to it to find final solace and new sense of self--revealing a survivor who travels eternally with a cabal of ghosts. A crucial addition to Civil Rights history, The Movement Made Us is the story of a nation reckoning with change and the hopes, struggles, setbacks, and triumphs of modern Black life. This is it: the extant chronicle of why we live, why we move, and for what we are made"--From the publisher's web site.

Looks at the circumstances surrounding the Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights protesters that worked to address the issue of segregation, discussing the bravery of those involved, describing the racism protestors fought and outlines how peaceful tactics ultimately led to desegregation.

"In the early 1960s, the civil rights movement brought national attention to the need for equal treatment for African Americans. Activists demonstrated their opposition to unfair Jim Crow laws and racial separation by silently sitting in restaurants and other segregated places. Sit-ins proved that silence and nonviolent resistance can effectively combat injustice. Despite their peaceful intentions, protesters often found themselves targets of people opposed to racial integration. Readers will learn about the factors behind these groundbreaking protests as well as the key civil rights figures who rose to prominence during a turbulent era in United States history."--Provided by publisher.

"Discusses the Freedom Rides, an important event in the Civil Rights Movement, including the riders who risked their lives, the violence the riders faced, and the successful integration of interstate buses and terminals"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the student activist movement of 1961 known as the Freedom Rides.

When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of peace activists riding interstate buses protesting segregation, will be traveling through Anniston on their way to Montgomery, she feels that perhaps change is finally coming.

The story of the Freedom Riders, who boarded buses in Washington, D.C., for New Orleans, Louisiana, as a way to draw attention to the lack of enforcement of the laws prohibiting segregation on buses crossing state lines and at bus stations.

Thirteen-year-old Billie Sims, a white girl in 1960s Alabama, and her black friend Jarmaine, get caught up in the Freedom Rides passing through her town on the way to Birmingham. Along the way, change comes to Billie, her family, and her town in big and small ways.

This book traces the history of the Freedom Rides of 1961, offering a thorough look at the experiences of the 1960s that have shaped the black community and the American people as a whole.

Chronicles the history of sit-ins and freedom rides throughout the South during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, including the sit-in by four students from North Carolina A and T University at an all-white lunch counter that sparked sit-in movements all over the South.