Freedom Riders: 5 things to know on 60th anniversary
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By Shelia Poole The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
May 4 marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides. Here are five things to know about the movement that helped change the course of the nation and the fight for equality.
What are the Freedom Rides?
In May 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality launched the Freedom Rides as a way challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus facilities like waiting rooms and dining counters. Groups of Black and white activists, many college students, would board Greyhound or Trailways buses and travel across the segregated South to test the law. The Freedom Rides lasted for seven months.
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Former President Obama joins the L.A. Times Community Book Club tonight to discuss his memoir “A Promised Land” with filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
The free virtual event will stream at 7 p.m. PDT on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Sign up on Eventbrite.
Every month, The Times invites all of Los Angeles to read the same book, then hosts a discussion with the author. “A Promised Land” is the book club’s April selection.
Obama joins book club readers for a conversation about his bestselling memoir with DuVernay, an award-winning writer, producer and director who grew up in Long Beach.