
The film follows more than four hundred Americans who undertook a bold, perilous experiment to rouse a complacent nation’s conscience. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders,” they confronted the entrenched segregation of the era by carrying out a starkly simple act of defiance, exposing the moral contradictions of a divided society and forcing the country to confront its own injustices.
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Explore the complete cast of Freedom Riders, including both lead and supporting actors. Learn who plays each character, discover their past roles and achievements, and find out what makes this ensemble cast stand out in the world of film and television.

John Lewis
Self - Freedom Rider

Raymond Arsenault
Self - Author of 'Freedom Riders'

Genevieve Houghton
Self - Freedom Rider

Derek Catsam
Self - Historian

Gordon Carey
Self - Core staff

Diane Nash
Self - Student, Fisk University

Charles Person
Self - Freedom Rider

Evan Thomas
Self - Robert F. Kennedy biographer

Sangernetta Gilbert Bush
Self - Montgomery resident

John Seigenthaler
Self - Nashville resident

Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian

Jerry Ivor Moore
Self - Freedom Rider

James Lawson
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Moses Newson
Self - Journalist (as Moses J. Newson)

Hank Thomas
Self - Freedom Rider

Mae F. Moultrie Howard
Self - Freedom Rider

Janie Forsyth McKinney
Self - Anniston resident

Brandt Ayers
Self - Journalist

Gary Thomas Rowe
Self - FBI informant

Diane McWhorter
Self - Writer

Ted Gaffney
Self - Photographer

Jim Zwerg
Self - Exchange student, Fisk University

Harris Wofford
Self - Assistant to President Kennedy

Frederick Leonard
Self - Student, Tennessee State University

C.T. Vivian
Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council

Bernard LaFayette Jr.
Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary

Catherine Burks-Brooks
Self - Freedom Rider

William Harbour
Self - Freedom Rider

Delores Boyd
Self - Montgomery resident

Tommy Giles
Self - Aide to governor Patterson

Joan Mulholland
Self - Freedom Rider

Ernest Patton Jr.
Self - Freedom Rider (as Ernest 'Rip' Patton Jr.)

Pauline Knight-Ofosu
Self - Freedom Rider

Israel Dresner
Self - Rabbi, Freedom Rider

Glenda Gaither Davis
Self - Freedom Rider
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