Highway in ’61 Revisited

When photojournalist Eric Etheridge discusses his book Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders this week, he'll be joined by someone who was on the story long before he was--John Seigenthaler. After learning of the cache of 328 mug shots of the men and women--college students (many from Nashville) and activists, blacks and whites--who'd been arrested upon arrival in Jackson, Miss., Etheridge began photographing and interviewing surviving Riders. Breach of Peace includes the old and new photos and remembrances of the Riders' quest to integrate Southern facilities serving interstate bus travelers. Seigenthaler, who worked in the Justice Department in the early 1960s, served as chief negotiator with the governor of Alabama, where Riders met with particularly brutal opposition.
Thu., Oct. 9, 5 p.m., 2008