The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

On May 25, Abernathy was arrested on breach of peace charges after escorting William Sloane Coffin's Connecticut Freedom Ride to the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Terminal, neither the first nor the ...

They were pelted with eggs and chased out of town, but these Indigenous-led protesters forged a lasting legacy in the fight against racial segregation.

The Freedom Rides began on May 4 ... his children from his first marriage, Cicely Person, Cammie Person, and Carmelle (Romon) Searcy; his cherished grandchildren; Skyler Mills and Kinsey Mills ...

Two groups sat behind signs “Greyhound” and “Trailways” on a stage in Amherst in a scene recreating the spring 1961 bus journey of the Freedom Riders and their historic stand for equality ...

More: Freedom Riders traveled deep into the South in 1961. Klansmen beat them, then set their bus on fire. The Morehouse College freshman had first become involved in Civil Rights protests in ...

AT 85, HIS PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE HASN’T WANED in the 60 years since HE WAS ARRESTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE FREEDOM RIDES IN 1961. GLEASON BECAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER, MOVED TO CHICAGO AND ...

The Freedom Riders, a group consisting of both Black ... Efficiency was born into existence via executive order on the first day of Trump's presidency. At the head of the government organization ...

Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, issued a statement Wednesday after the U.S. General Services Administration confirmed that the historic Montgomery Bus Station, home to the Freedom Riders Museum ...