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    Rise Up

    By Lisa Evans

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    The tide was turning – though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants.

    And yet – in the early 1960s, many states across the south of America kept discriminating against African Americans…

    In modern day Britain, four performers tell the stories of the Freedom Riders – principled citizens riding buses across Alabama and Mississippi, drawing attention to this illegal discrimination and facing up to terrifying violence with peaceful resistance.

    The story of the Freedom Riders is one of ordinary people becoming a civil rights movement, taking on the establishment and changing the world. In a time of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Mark Duggan, what does it mean for people to come together and rise up?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOberon Books
    Release dateSep 17, 2015
    ISBN9781783199945
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    Lisa Evans

    Lisa Evans was trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Speech and Drama after which she worked in radio, stage and TV in Britain and the USA before becoming a playwright. She has written over 30 produced plays, several of which have won awards. She has been Resident Writer for Theatre Centre, Temba Theatre Co. and Associate Writer for Theatre by the Lake Keswick. She was the recipient of the Writers Guild Award 2011 for Best Play for Children and Young People for The Day The Waters Came. She also writes for television, radio and film and runs writer's workshops.

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