{"product_id":"9781783199945","title":"Rise Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tide was turning – though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd yet – in the early 1960s, many states across the south of America kept discriminating against African Americans…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn modern day Britain, four performers tell the stories of the Freedom Riders – principled citizens riding buses across Alabama and Mississippi, drawing attention to this illegal discrimination and facing up to terrifying violence with peaceful resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story of the Freedom Riders is one of ordinary people becoming a civil rights movement, taking on the establishment and changing the world. In a time of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Mark Duggan, what does it mean for people to come together and rise up?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181125615856,"sku":"9781783199945","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783199945_p0.jpg?v=1763724296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783199945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}