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American Experience | Freedom Riders | Day 3: Because We Knew it was Right | PBS

Duration: 02:56
Program: Freedom Riders: American Experience #2311

Student rider Maricela Aguilar talks about the power of the youth movement. In Hyde Point, NC, Maricela was moved by lunch counter sit in participant Mary Lou, who said, "we did it because we knew we were right."

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Post Date: May 10, 2011