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The story of how the Freedom Riders revolutionized American travel, transit 60 years ago

The story of how the Freedom Riders revolutionized American travel, transit 60 years ago
The Montgomery Advertiser
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Safiya Charles, Montgomery Advertiser
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It’s hard to imagine today that only 60 years ago, boarding a Greyhound bus and taking a seat next to a passenger of another race was revolutionary; an act that could leave you flat out on the pavement or at risk of fatal harm.
But Montgomery’s Freedom Rides Museum is in the business of remembering.
For a decade, the museum has told the stories of more than 400 young men and women, Black and white the youngest of them 13 and the oldest 22 who boarded interstate buses headed south in the summer of 1961 with a strict purpose: to compel authorities to enforce Supreme Court decisions banning segregation on buses and in transportation facilities throughout the U.S. ....

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Freedom Riders' 60th anniversary remembered with a restored Greyhound bus

Freedom Riders 60th anniversary remembered with a restored Greyhound bus
CNN
5/5/2021
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN
© Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/USA Today Network
A restored vintage Greyhound bus is unveiled at the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, for the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides on May 4.
An Alabama museum unveiled a restored Greyhound bus Tuesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders who fought for desegregation in bus terminals.
The unveiling of the bus, which was in service during the time of the Freedom Rides in 1961, coincides with the 60th anniversary of when the first Freedom Riders left Washington, DC, for New Orleans. The ceremony was at the Alabama Historical Commission s Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, on Tuesday. ....

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Montgomery's Freedom Rides Museum to unveil vintage bus in 60th anniversary exhibit

Montgomeryâs Freedom Rides Museum to unveil vintage bus in 60th anniversary exhibit
Freedom Rides celebrates 60th Anniversary
By Bethany Davis | May 4, 2021 at 8:40 AM CDT - Updated May 4 at 9:26 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A special ceremony is planned Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides, a movement that eventually ended segregation in interstate travel.
It was May 4, 1961, when the first Freedom Ride left Washington, DC. That CORE group of riders, CORE stands for Congress of Racial Equality, was headed to New Orleans. The group was attacked in Anniston and Birmingham before the Kennedy Administration got involved and flew them on to New Orleans. ....

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