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1. Breach of Peace: On the Air, On the Road  I’m doing two radio interviews about the book this weekend. On Saturday night, I will join Freedom Riders Claire O’Connor, Zev Aelony and Thomas Armstrong on Radio Free Nation. The show starts at 8:30PM EST, and I should be on around 8:45PM or so. Tune in here. On Sunday, I will talk with John Batchelor […]...
2. Breach at the Harlem Book Fair on C-SPAN2  I’m moderating a panel on the Freedom Rides this Saturday, July 19, at the Harlem Book Fair. The panel runs from 6:15 to 7:15 PM, and will include three Freedom Riders: Helen and Bob Singleton, who are featured on the covers of the book, and Lewis Zuchman. It will also be broadcast live on C-SPAN2, […]...
3. Breach of Peace at the Museum of Jewish Heritage  I will be appearing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, January 14, at 7 PM. I will show photographs from the book and Freedom Riders Joan Pleune, Lewis Zuchman and Hezekiah Watkins (above) will talk about their experiences. At the time of the Rides, Joan was a student at Berkeley, […]...
4. Breach Video: ‘Why Would I Not Go?’  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 […]...
5. Inside Breach of Peace  Get your own – Open publication Here’s a sample from Breach of Peace. It shows a selection of the archival images that open the book, and the complete chapters on the first two groups of Riders to arrive in Jackson. Click on the pages above to go to a much larger display of this excerpt […]...