PEOPLE, NOT PAWNS

Filmmaker: Tom Billington

11 minutes

After the Freedom Rides of 1961 and James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi in 1962, White Citizens Councils in the South sponsored the relocation of black families to northern cities to expose what they saw as Northern Liberal hypocrisy. These events have been called the Reverse Freedom Rides. In February 1963, the Gilmores, a family of ten, reached Trenton in search of US Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, only to realize their trip was an elaborate joke. Despite this, they opted to stay, beginning a new chapter in their lives. This is their story.

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