Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 Freedom Freedom. Freedom. Freedom Freedom Freedom we shall overcome those young people singing the anthem of the American Revolution of 63 were freedom riders. They were a part of the pattern developed in this revolution, a pattern fashioned by events more than events fashioned to a pattern. Along the way they not only involved the freedom ride but also the sitins, the direct Action Campaign. Borrowed the economic boycott, involved the use of federal troops, killed and has been killed. Were about to see them all, and as we see them we will see the growing participation of young whites in the battle. That participation enlarged the dimensions of the revolution physically and morally and they have taken part in increasing numbers, particularly in sitin demonstrations. It was a tactic employed by College Students in greensboro, North Carolina on february 1st, 1960 a group of freshmen from the agricultural and Technical College wrote a
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Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat