On The Bus

Series produced by Steven Scher

Caption: On The Bus
On The Bus 

Confronting the pain of racism and the power of white privilege aboard a big bus rolling across the American South.

There is a direct line from the civil rights era to black lives matter. A big group from Washington state travels across the American south, meeting heroes of the civil rights era and connecting the history of the movement to the issues today.


4 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: On The Bus
History doesn't stay in the past.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: On The Bus
For all the ways we devise to pull communities apart, people find ways to rebuild.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: On The Bus
From the Mississippi Delta, the call for Black Power electrified the nation in the 1960's. For some it was an affirmation of hope and strength, a p...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: On The Bus
The foot soldiers of the civil rights movement were shot, beaten, jailed, even murdered. Yet they kept on marching. Love for their community and fa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1