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JFK tread carefully around the core of the Democratic Party, the white voting South.

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Rabbi Dresser and Delore Boyd comment on the power of nonviolent methods.

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On September 22, 1961, the ICC ordered all signage enforcing segregation to be taken down.

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Patterson discusses his response to the Freedom Rides.

4:44
Diane Nash became the leader of the Nashville Student Movement.

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The Journey of Reconciliation, the very first Freedom Ride, took place in April 1947.

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As a white Freedom Rider, Jim Zwerg sustained severe injuries.

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Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent movement inspired American civil rights activists.

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The Freedom Riders represented a cross-section of America.

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Group singing provided solace for Freedom Riders.

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Jerry Moore speaks about what the Freedom Rides accomplished.

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Ray Arsenault speaks about the ICC desegregation order.