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American Experience | Freedom Riders: Bernard Lafayette on His Freedom Ride | PBS

Duration: 02:11
Program: Freedom Riders: American Experience #2311

Bernard Lafayette speaks about traveling from Montgomery, Alabama into Mississippi.

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Post Date: May 20, 2011