Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Kwame Ture (also known as Stokely Carmichael), and George Wallace.

background:white’> is another not-to-be-missed film: in the summer of 1961 over 400 Blacks and Whites drove through the segregated South to protest segregation. They risked their lives while deliberately violating Jim Crow laws and demonstrating how racist the country really is. Says its director Stanley Nelson: “The lesson of the Freedom Rides is that great change can come from a few small steps taken by courageous people. And that sometimes to do any great thing, it’s important that we step out alone.’