The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring ... Most of the riders were college students coached in the art of nonviolent protest by veteran activists, including the Rev ...

LAKELAND — Tampa native, the Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr., came face-to-face with an attacking mob of Ku Klux Klan members in the summer of 1961 as he and a group of other students rode a bus to ...

By the time Art Blakey recorded The Freedom Rider, segregation in public bus terminals was outlawed. But the battle had just begun. State and local governments in the South continued to enforce ...

The film, “Freedom Riders,” recounts the 1961 crusade by ... Most of the riders were college students coached in the art of nonviolent protest by veteran activists, including the Rev. James ...

Credit: Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images ... Kennedy used his inaugural address to speak about spreading freedom throughout the world — a goal contradicted by the large number ...

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 ...

Press release from Buncombe County: The Register of Deeds for Buncombe County is excited to invite the public to a temporary retrospective installation honoring the Freedom Riders of the Civil ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Faith leaders across Jacksonville participated in the Freedom Riders tour Friday night. It's a campaign to commemorate the Civil Rights movement and express the importance ...