Fresh Air, Raymond Arsenault, May 4, 2007

De: Terry Gross

Narrado por: Terry Gross

Hear historian Raymond Arsenault, critic-at-large John Powers, and film critic David Edelstein on this edition of Fresh Air.

In Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, Arsenault recounts how an integrated group of self-proclaimed freedom riders challenged segregation by riding together on buses through the deep South. They demanded unrestricted access to segregated buses, as well as bus terminal restaurants and waiting rooms. The freedom riders were pledged to non-violence and kept that pledge even when attacked and bloodied by their racist opponents. Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice is out now in paperback. (Original Airdate: 1/11/06).

Then, John Powers tells us about what he considers the greatest film about L.A.: Killer of Sheep, an independent film made in the late '70s by Charles Burnett. It's on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry and will be released on DVD in September.

Finally, David Edelstein reviews Spiderman 3, the new film based on the Marvel Comics series. [Broadcast Date: May 4, 2007]

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