[laughter] >> well, i was a student at fisk university in nashville, tennessee. and i had gotten extremely upset and outraged and angry really because nashville was segregated and there were signs and it was very dehumanizing. so i became involved in the sit-in movement and in 1961, the freedom rides had begun. we in nashville, in the nashville movement absolutely shared the objectives that the -- racial equality had in doing that project and we had said that we will stand by in case they need help. and so when the riders were viciously attacked in birmingham and aniston, we in nashville understood that the ride must not stop right then, because if it had, the message would have been sent that you could stop a non-violent project by inflicting massive violence. if that message had been sent, we would not have been able to have a movement about voting rights or anything else without getting a lot of people killed. so it was critical that it continued right then. tavis: i'm glad i have you the full show. there is so much to talk about tonight. you mentioned that th

. >> reporter: diane nash was a 22-year-old junior at fisk university in nashville. >> it was critical that at that moment we not allow the rides to stop. >> reporter: show recruited 10 new students and a second wave of freedom riders board a bus to alabama. more than 400 others across the country would join them, a seven-month campaign... >> the college students came down from nashville. >> reporter: ...that is now a pbs documentary. >> well, it's the start of the civil rights movement. you daniel sieberg it becoming a movement around the freedom rides. >> reporter: the rides pressured the kennedy administration to finally enfort federal laws. now in their 70s, many of the freedom riders recently reunited in chicago to remember those lessons learned. >> non-violent direct action has power. it's hard to argue with success. >> reporter: success of a movement that changed their lives and the nation. russ mitchell, cbs news, birmingham, alabama. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning

san francisco state career center director allan fisk advises graduates to not shy away from enter-level jobs. when the job market is down the university says it does see a trend in the number of graduates who opt to go to graduate school or take jobs out of the country as they wait for the economy to recover. >> it's one of the reasons i plan on teaching overseas. >> reporter: because of the job market? >> there is -- i mean, for english teaching overseas there is a lot more openings than there is for a fresh college graduate. >> so there is a good strategy to get some more experience. >> reporter: with california's job recovery lagging behind other states, fisk says graduates should cast a wider net. but some graduates are more worried than others. >> graduation is exciting for me rather than terrifying. >> reporter: okay. good luck. >> in san francisco, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> more than 600 people came out to oakland's lake merit today to call attention to the persistent problem of poverty. [ music ] >> aztec dancers took part in the sixth annual walk to end poverty. the event was sponsored by oakland's community action partnershi