Rise Up
The tide was turning – though local governments disagreed, it was now 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 actor-storytellers tell the stories of the Freedom Riders – principled citizens riding buses across Alabama and Mississippi, drawing attention to this illegal discrimination
Starts 7.30pm, Tickets: £12, £8 18s & Under
Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5EG
Tue 6 Oct 2015