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Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Black college students take a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. Freedom Riders also try to desegregate interstate buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.
Episode Clips
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | Freedom Riders
CORE's James Farmer explains the procedures for the Freedom Riders through the South.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | John Lewis
John Lewis speaks about what the Freedom Riders experienced while traveling in Alabama.
Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) | Nashville Sit-Ins
Activist Diane Nash recounts a day during the lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
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