When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United States in front of the world, Abernathy responded, "Well, doesn't the ...

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 20, 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of Black and white civil rights activists, arrived at the Montgomery Bus Station. Despite their peaceful and nonviolent arrival, they were met with a ...

On May 20, 1961, the Freedom Riders arrived in Montgomery and were attacked by a violent mob, despite the Freedom Riders themselves arriving unarmed and in a nonviolent fashion. The Montgomery Bus ...

In 1961, Freedom Riders were attacked at the bus station by white supremacists during the civil rights movement. “I have been in communication with the Administration and this has been resolved ...

the site played a pivotal role in the Freedom Rides movement. On May 20, 1961, a racially integrated group of young protestors—many under the age of 22—were met with violence as they stopped ...

“Yet they were cursed at, beaten and even firebombed.” Ponton, who lived in Nelson County for three decades before moving to Madison Heights, said she was five years old when the Freedom ...

When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United States in front of the world, Abernathy responded, "Well, doesn't the ...

On Tuesday, the Trump administration released a list of hundreds of federal buildings across the nation that the federal government planned to take "decisive action" to offload from their ...