Why Be a Freedom Rider?
Clip: Season 23 Episode 11 | 36s | Video has closed captioning.
In this video from 1961, two Freedom Riders explain why they risked their lives to participate in the Freedom Rides.
Aired: 02/06/12
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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