From the film Freedom Riders: Israel Dresner on Nonviolence

1m 46s

Israel Dresner speaks about Nonviolence.

Previews + Extras

  • Day 4: Pete Davis: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Pete Davis

    S23 E11 - 1m 39s

    Student Freedom Rider Pete Davis discusses his generation's need for more "civic creators, institutional architects, and engineers of participatory programs to create a new array of vessels for action, open doors to engagement, and opportunities for courage."

  • Day 4: Benjameen Quarless: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Benjameen Quarless

    S23 E11 - 2m 5s

    Student Freedom Rider Ben Quarless reads a poem he composed about his perspective of the Freedom Rides.

  • Day 4: JoyEllen Freeman: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: JoyEllen Freeman

    S23 E11 - 2m 26s

    Student Rider JoyEllen Freeman contemplates her own feelings of self doubt, and asks Freedom Rider Ernest "Rip" Patton whether he experienced self doubt.

  • Day 4: Michael Tubbs: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Michael Tubbs

    S23 E11 - 1m 25s

    Student Freedom Rider Michael Tubbs "sees the light" at the site of the Greensboro, NC 1960 lunch counter sit in.

  • Day 4: Davy Knittle: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Davy Knittle

    S23 E11 - 2m 17s

    What are the questions that Americans do not ask themselves about race? Davy Knittle interviews his fellow Student Freedom Riders.

  • Day 4: Doaa Dorgham: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Doaa Dorgham

    S23 E11 - 2m 58s

    2011 Freedom Rider Doaa Dorgham interviews North Carolina students on the civil rights movement.

  • Day 4: Samantha Williams: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 4: Samantha Williams

    S23 E11 - 2m 48s

    Part 2 of Samantha Williams' interview with undocumented Student Freedom Rider Maricela Aguilar.

  • Charles Jones: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Charles Jones

    S23 E11 - 1m 53s

    "This Little Light of Mine," by Charles Jones and the 2011 Student Freedom Riders.

  • Day 5: Esther Kim: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 5: Esther Kim

    S23 E11 - 2m 56s

    In historically significant Anniston, AL, Student Freedom Rider Esther Kim observes similarities to her hometown of Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Day 6: Zilong Wang: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Day 6: Zilong Wang

    S23 E11 - 1m 53s

    Student Freedom Rider Zilong Wang discusses injustices around the world today.

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