MLK PROGRAM "Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders" with a Gospel performance featuring Neshama Carlebach and the Green Pastures Baptist Choir

Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 7:00 PM EST (6:30 PM Doors)
- Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 9:00 PM EST
at Museum of Jewish Heritage: Edmond J. Safra Hall
in New York, NY

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 14, 7 P.M.
Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders
(Atlas & Co., 2008)
With author Eric Etheridge and Freedom Riders Joan Pleune and Hezekiah Watkins
Produced in association with Bisno Productions

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans - blacks and whites, men and women - converged on Jackson, Mississippi to challenge state segregation laws. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace." It is estimated that half of the white Freedom Riders were Jewish. Interviews with Freedom Riders and musical performances pay tribute to the Civil Rights Movement.

$12 adults, $10 students/seniors, $7 members