PBS NewsHour

'Freedom Riders' Reenacts Historic Bus Trip Across South

Clip: 05/16/2011 | 14m

The documentary "Freedom Riders," which revisits a group of young men and women who boarded commercial buses headed for the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement, airs Monday on "American Experience." Judy Woodruff reports.

Aired: 05/16/11

Rating: NR

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