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New Footage of the Freedom Riders in Jackson

In Archival Documents, Archival Photographs, Video on 27 May 2016 with Comments Off on New Footage of the Freedom Riders in Jackson

Mississippi, U.S.A. — a 30-minute TV news report first aired 55 years ago — is a significant new addition to the visual history of the Freedom Rides, and a stark portrait of Jackson on the verge of great change. The news report covered the arrival of the first Riders into Jackson on May 24, 1961. […]