60 years ago, a group of 400 men and women rode buses through the segregated South to challenge the lack of enforcement of the 1960 Supreme Court decision that banned the segregation of interstate transportation facilities.
This week, one of these individuals will be joining a multigenerational set of Orange County activists as they commemorate the anniversary of the Freedom Rides.
On Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition is hosting a virtual program in collaboration with Carolina K-12 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides and discuss the current state of the civil rights movement in the United States.