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Boys Beware

This 1955 educational film warns of homosexuality, calling it "a sickness of the mind."
Interview with Author Kirstin Downey

An interview with author Kirstin Downey on labor rights activist Frances Perkins.
Chapter 1 | The Great Famine

The American effort to relieve starvation in Soviet Russia in 1921.
Interview with Michael Robinson

Historian Michael Robinson talks about science in America in the 19th century.
Travelling in the Segregated South

For African-Americans, travel in the segregated South was insulting at best.
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Irene Morgan

Irene Morgan fought her 1944 arrest for sitting in the front of an interstate bus.
This Was Absolute War

May 1961, a busload of Freedom Riders were confronted by an angry mob in Montgomery, AL.
Buses Are A-Coming

Even in prison, the Freedom Riders found ways to advocate for their beliefs.
Practicing Non-Violence

Civil rights activists rehearsed non-violence, and were prepared to face violence.
Day 10: Jason McGaughey

The final post from the Student Freedom Rider Jason McGaughey.

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