Film Analysis: The Freedom Riders

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From the book, it also exhibits collective behavior because, “collective behavior brings about social change, and emergent forms of social order to develop through the interactions of individuals in social movements” (Staggenborg 2016:16). This is shown in the film that there were many sets of freedom riders being jailed, killed, and beaten and people thought that would stop the Freedom rider, but it did not. There were always a new set of freedom riders from Nashville, ready to fight for the cause of social change. The change in which the freedom riders wanted was racial equality and rights for all people. They wanted no more segregation in the south. In the film here was a meeting at Dr. Harrison home. There were the freedom riders from Nashville …show more content…

Kennedy and Senator James in Mississippi for the safety of the freedom riders they would go to prison for violating certain laws. The Freedom Riders were in Parchmen prison for 60 days but this did not stop them because they started to sang and the guards took things away from them like their mattress to toothbrushes. Bobby Kennedy went to the ICC to order them to take down segregation signs in the south and that was a no good. This lead to the influx of more freedom riders of all different races, religions, political affiliation etc. who would face different consequences. More and more freedom rides would still be coming by planes and trains. This was a unification that had taken place. Also, from the film, this had created a common cause and everyone were moving in a direction for desegregation and the rights of all mankind. Many did not want the message of the Freedom writers that with a non-violent protest to stop just quit when times get …show more content…

Many of these new freedom writers gave up college and graduation and left families. Per the film, a man stated that Diane Nash said, “Violence cannot overcome Non-Violence.” Finally, the ICC issued the white and black signs be taken down everyone. This would be the first of many steps to end segregation in the south. The Chicago School Approach dealing with collective behavior applies because the freedom riders had a strategic plan by upholding non-violence as the key for the rights and equity of all mankind. It brought together a sense of unity, freedom, and change. President Kennedy said, “There is progress that a Negro can be president in the United States.” In 2008, the people of the United States elected its first black president. President Barack Obama. Great things do happen when there is unity with a common goal in

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