Archive for June 2008

Breach Video: ‘Why Would I Not Go?’

In Video on 13 June 2008 with 2 comments

My publisher, Atlas & Co., has made a video with two of the Freedom Riders featured in the book: Joan Pleune was a student at Berkeley in 1961. Today she lives in Brooklyn and is active in several literacy programs in the city; she is also a member of the Granny Peace Brigade, and has […]

Breach in the Media

In Press Clips on 10 June 2008 with 2 comments

Catching up on recent coverage of Breach of Peace. The Wall Street Journal featured the photos of Larry Bell in the paper and photos (albeit harshly cropped) and text from the book of six more Riders online. Newsweek used John Lewis in print and the (uncroppped, thank you) portraits of 11 more Riders in an […]