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Lula White: “The idea that people would actually just disobey the law was electrifying.”

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I almost found Lula White the first time around. I was pretty sure she was living in or near New Haven, Connecticut, but I never could find the right phone number for her. That problem was solved when I spoke at the the New Haven Public Library in the fall of 2008. They told me […]

Jesse Davis: “I Was Feeling Free.”

In Paperback, Riders on the Rides on 12 September 2018 with Comments Off on Jesse Davis: “I Was Feeling Free.”

The new edition features 16 additional Riders I found (or who found me) after the first edition came out in 2008. I was especially happy to add Jesse Davis, from Jackson, Mississippi. A number of the Riders arrested in Jackson were locals — from somewhere in the state — but as a group they proved […]

NOW SHIPPING! New & Improved ‘Breach of Peace’

In Book, Paperback on 14 May 2018 with Comments Off on NOW SHIPPING! New & Improved ‘Breach of Peace’

  Updated August 28, 2018 I’m thrilled to announce that Vanderbilt University Press has published an expanded edition of Breach of Peace in paperback. They’ve let me add new portraits and profiles of sixteen Riders I found — or who found me — after the original edition was published in 2008. I’ve also updated the […]