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ashbeeigh
05-16-2011, 05:52 PM
2011 is the 50th anniversary of the "Freedom Rides."

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Society/freedom_rides/freedom_ride_jpegs/14_slide0001_image029.jpg

There's a pretty amazing documentary on tonight at 8PM (and I'm sure later on PBS's website) which documents the journey from Baltimore to their ultimate destination of New Orleans.

I had a chance to catch it in its entirety in February for school. The author of one of the only books to document the rides spoke at USC as well as several of its participants.

I had heard of the event and knew that there was violence involved, as many of the events during the era, but seriously not to this extent. Out of serious control. The film broke my heart. Seriously worth catching or DVRing.

The website is very detailed and has some awesome info too..
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/about
CubanSucks
05-16-2011, 06:02 PM
http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2010/01/SIMON-CONFUSED-GIF.gif
baseline bum
05-16-2011, 06:09 PM
Thanks for the heads up, ash; I'll definitely check it out.
Sisk
05-16-2011, 06:22 PM
Is it a documentary or a whiteguiltary?
Nick Manning
05-16-2011, 06:24 PM
Why is ash considered a racist? I'm gonna need a reference thread. Very curious, tbh
ferg
05-16-2011, 06:35 PM
...so did that guy ever look at the car?
ashbeeigh
05-16-2011, 06:39 PM
Is it a documentary or a whiteguiltary?

Half and half. They do interview many of the white college students that participated. The author of the book that spurred the documentary is actually white. He started researching the topic because there wasn't a book specifically dedicated to the topic.
Sisk
05-16-2011, 07:13 PM
...so did that guy ever look at the car?

Yes


The author of the book that spurred the documentary is actually white. He started researching the topic because there wasn't a book specifically dedicated to the topic.

Not surprised. White people love to hate themselves.
CubanSucks
05-16-2011, 08:07 PM
Why is ash considered a racist? I'm gonna need a reference thread. Very curious, tbh

same
Viva Las Espuelas
05-17-2011, 09:07 AM
Why is ash considered a racist? I'm gonna need a reference thread. Very curious, tbh

Do a search on "pepper spray". That one was a good one.
CubanSucks
05-17-2011, 03:04 PM
Do a search on "pepper spray". That one was a good one.

she's racist cause she wanted pepper spray cause she had to go door to door in some shitty neighborhoods?


and lol at the first post "pepper spray will only make them mad. Strap up"