Title

Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 39 – Florida Freedom Rides

Author(s)

Dr. Ben Brotemarkle
Florida Historical Society

Streaming Media

Description

2020 BLM Protests

Freedom Riders on planes

Freedom Riders on buses

Joan Mulholland - Freedom Rider, Rider Duke University/Tougaloo-College

Kredelle Petway - Freedom Rider, Florida A&M University

Raymond Arsenault, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice"

Episode Date

7-31-2020

Episode Summary

The Freedom Rides of 1961 are seen as a pivotal point in the Civil Rights Movement, but it’s often forgotten that two groups of Freedom Riders came to Florida.

Keywords

Civil Rights; Freedom Riders; Florida Frontiers Television; Civil Rights Activists; African American

Series Title

Florida Frontiers Television

Episode Title

Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 39 – Florida Freedom Rides

Episode Number

39

Duration

26:46

Sponsors

Division of Cultural Affairs

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

State of Florida website

http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/

FHS Press

The Florida Historical Society Press preserves Florida’s past through the publication of books on a wide variety of topics relating to our state’s diverse history and culture.

FHS Press website

http://fhspress.org/

Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities

With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FHC grants primarily respond to the needs of local communities, but they often address topics of statewide interest. FHC is particularly interested in projects that are collaborative, attract diverse audiences, encourage active participation from the public, and explore humanities topics and disciplines in interesting and engaging ways.

Florida Humanities Council, grants

http://www.flahum.org/grants/home

Rossetter House Foundation

This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.

Rossetter House Musuem - Foundation and history

This project is sponsored in part by Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism.

Welcome to Florida's Space Coast

http://www.visitspacecoast.com/

Brevard County Tourism Development Council

http://www.brevardcounty.us/TourismDevelopmentCouncil

STARS Citation

Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 39 – Florida Freedom Rides" (2020). Florida Frontiers Television. 34.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/34