Forty College Students took a 2011 Student Ride, a journey retracing the historic civil rights bus rides that changed America. Accompanied by original Freedom Riders, the students participated in the bus ride from May 6-16, 2011 in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the original rides.
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for college students committed to learning from history and applying these lessons today, the ride was also a catalyst for a national conversation about the role of civic engagement today.
Kicking off in Washington, DC, the ride rolled through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, stopping along the way at historically significant locations, namely Charlotte, NC.
On May 9, 2011, WTVI, Levine Museum of the New South, The National Humanities Center, First United Presbyterian Church, Johnson C. Smith University, and UNC-Charlotte offered a sneak preview of the film "The Freedom Riders." The film airs on WTVI on May 18, 2011, at 9 p.m.
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