I remember as a pre-teen that Andy Young, then a young Atlanta minister and civil rights organizer (and later the US rep to the UN under Jimmy Carter)came to visit our Congregational church in Minneapolis to tell us about and raise money to support the civil rights struggle in the South. That would have been 1961 or 62 just the time this Freedom Riders story takes place. What an extraordinary time in our history and what courage these fighters have. It's remarkably easy reading for an intense detailed history of the period. Come along for the ride.