wgbh_tdcr_042 042 tdcr wgbh yes Jim Zwerg Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States Civil rights workers--Southern States Civil rights workers--Violence against Congress of Racial Equality Direct action--Southern States Discrimination in public accommodations--Southern States Nonviolence Freedom Rides, 1961 Intervention (Federal government)--Southern States Intimidation--Alabama--Montgomery Mobs--Alabama--Montgomery National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Segregation in transportation--Southern States United States. Interstate Commerce Commission United States. Supreme Court United States--Race relations Nonviolence Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville Fiske University--Students Civil rights--Religious aspects Arrest--Alabama--Birmingham Zwerg, Jim, 1939- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 Seigenthaler, John, 1927- In May of 1961, an interracial group known as the Freedom Riders rode two buses through the South to protest interstate bus segregation. On May 20, one bus was greeted in Montgomery, Alabama by a violent mob. This transcript documents an interview with Jim Zwerg, a young, white Freedom Rider, who was badly beaten as he got off the bus. Includes a background essay, discussion questions, and alignments to teaching standards. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 6-12. Lesson plans using this resource: Re-Examining Brown. An interview of an interview. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Skin deep (Television program) Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Interviews Transcripts http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/zwerg/ text/html 47.0 Kb Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. Forms part of: People's Century (PBS Television Series). A PDF viewer may be needed to view the transcript. 1946/1961 Montgomery (Ala.) Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) Anniston (Ala.) Calhoun County (Ala.) Washington (D.C.) Jackson (Miss.) Hinds County (Miss.) The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. 20090526 204905