Robin Kelley Interview about Emmett Till, an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman.

Moses Newson (continued) interview about Emmett Till, an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman.

Raymond Arsenault, author of "Freedom Riders", speaks with Stanley Nelson about the Freedom Riders.

Raymond Arsenault, author of "Freedom Riders", speaks with Stanley Nelson about the Freedom Riders.

Genevieve Hughes Houghton was CORE field secretary on the CORE Freedom Ride May 4-17, 1961.

Marvin Rich helped to organize a local chapter of CORE at Washington University in St. Louis. He went on to become CORE's national director of Community Relations in New York and held that position during the Freedom Rides.

Marvin Rich helped to organize a local chapter of CORE at Washington University in St. Louis. He went on to become CORE's national director of Community Relations in New York and held that position during the Freedom Rides.

Raymond Arsenault, author of "Freedom Riders", speaks with Stanley Nelson about the Freedom Riders.

Raymond Arsenault, author of "Freedom Riders", speaks with Stanley Nelson about the Freedom Riders.

This video contains an interview with Rebecca Diane McWhorter, an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She is the author of Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.

This video contains an interview with Rebecca Diane McWhorter, an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She is the author of Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.

This video contains an interview with Rebecca Diane McWhorter, an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights. She is the author of Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.

Rev. J. Phillips Noble, author of Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Anniston, Alabama, where the events described in this book took place.

Rev. J. Phillips Noble, author of Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Anniston, Alabama, where the events described in this book took place.

Robert Saloschin, Justice Department attorney, talks with Stanley Nelson about the Freedom Riders.

Montgomery Resident Sangernetta Gilbert Bush witnessed the violence against the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery bus station, Sellers residence.

Montgomery Resident Sangernetta Gilbert Bush witnessed the violence against the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery bus station, Sellers residence.

Ted Gaffney was on the first Freedom Ride bus as a Photographer for Jet magazine. He discusses his recollections of that era with Stanley Nelson.

Montgomery Patrolman Tommy Giles was Aide to Gov. John Patterson of Alabama (1959-1963).

William "Bill" Harbour was a student at Tennessee State University on the Nashville, Tennessee, via Birmingham, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama ride, May 16-20, 1961.