Freedom Rides Virtual Tour 

I chose to display the 1961 Freedom Rides through a google tour. In my opinion, this event displays diasporic consciousness-making in that it showcases the unity of 13 people who knew that segregation had to come to an end and took it upon themselves to make a necessary push in the movement. With this tool the user is able to both geographically follow the route taken by the Freedom Riders and also read a bit about what occurred at each location on the given day. Thus, while a timeline would have sufficed, in that it would have broken down what occurred on the rides from May 4th through May 16th, the use of the virtual tour still includes all those details while also taking viewers on a showcase of the actual driving – providing a better sense of how much the riders traveled each day and what they endured at each site.