In 1961, the story of the Freedom Riders captured the American imagination: young, mostly white Northern students teaming up with Southern, mostly black civil-rights activists to stage acts of civil disobedience by simply riding together on segregated buses.
Traveling through the South in Integrated groups, the activists faced violence and arrests, followed by weeks-long stays in prisons, often under abusive conditions. Those circumstances, and their courage in facing them, brought a powerful new wave of attention to racial injustice, and served as a catalyst for major new civil-rights initiatives.
Among the Freedom Riders imprisoned was Rabbi Philip Posner, then a seminary student in California.
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Mike McGinnis-Getty Images Since 1995, the Packers and 49ers have played eight playoff games. Bigger Green Bay and San Francisco games from this period seem to have obscured this frigid showdown. Wisconsin native Colin Kaepernick bedeviled the Packers for a second straight year, accounting for 325 yards (98 rushing) and outplaying Aaron Rodgers on this day. After the 49ers held the Packers to a field goal to tie the game at 20, Kaepernick engineered a game-winning drive complete with an 11-yard scamper on third-and-8 to lift the visitors to a
23-20 win. This was the first of three straight Packers walk-off playoff losses.
100 Best Movies of 2020, According to Audiences
By Madison Troyer, Stacker News
On 12/27/20 at 10:00 AM EST
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in early 2020, movie theaters were among the first places to close. In many states, including New York, they have yet to reopen. With many national chains reporting devastating losses quarter after quarter the country s three largest chains reported $1 billion worth of losses in Q3 many have begun to fear that the theater experience is lost for good.
But that doesn t mean movies are lost for good. In fact, it s quite the opposite: Americans are watching more than ever before. In April, a study found that the average American was streaming content (TV and movies) eight hours a day, and three out of four people reported watching more than they were in pre-COVID times. What we re watching has changed as well. Another study found that Americans were discovering they enjoyed genres like documentary, comedy, and true crime m
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