KCTS 9 History Cafes Monthly Meetup: Freedom Riders
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"Threatened. Attacked. Jailed. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism."
At this month’s History Café, meet two of the authors of the newly released book, Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity,as they recall the emotions and intensity of this pivotal and highly charged time in America's history. Book available for purchase at the event.
Special guest, Benjameen Quarless, one of 40 college students from across the country invited to “Get on the Bus”. From May 6-16, these college students will join original Freedom Riders in retracing the 1961 Rides from Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/2011/2011/04/07/benjameen/ (https://check.kcts9.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9f5080e4fef44a7aba994afc1155fcea&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pbs.org%2fwgbh%2famericanexperience%2ffreedomriders%2f2011%2f2011%2f04%2f07%2fbenjameen%2f)
{THIS HISTORY CAFE WILL BE FILMED BY KCTS 9}
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Roy Street Coffee (http://www.roystreetcoffee.com/)on Capitol Hill for lively a discussion about history. Each cafe features a different topic, and invites history enthusiasts to come together and share what you know. Grab a cup of coffee - or glass of wine - and enjoy learning about the past!
This event series is brought to you by MOHAI (http://www.seattlehistory.org/), The Seattle Public Library, (http://www.spl.org/) History Link, (http://www.historylink.org/) Roy Street Coffee (http://www.roystreetcoffee.com/) and KCTS 9 (http://www.kcts9.org).