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RSS FeedFor USFSP history professor Ray Arsenault, 2011 has had its ups and its major ups. He’s been on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and not just any episode. Oprah did a 50th Anniversary special on the Freedom Riders as one of her final episodes. He flies to the White House on Oct. 23. His book “Freedom
On Sept. 10, 2011, “Freedom Riders”—the film based on USF St. Petersburg history professor Ray Arsenault’s 2006 book “Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice”—won three Emmy awards. The film won in all three categories nominated; Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking, Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming.
The Freedom Riders was a movement that forced national attention on civil rights in 1961 by testing federal interstate travel integration laws in the South. The riders were beaten, bombed and thrown in jail for trying to integrate interstates and bus stations. This summer, a group of 40 students and teachers from USF St. Petersburg,
