Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks of Birmingham, now 71, said one scene will stay with her forever, revealing the depth of hatred on their attackers’ faces and in their words. “To see the ...

“After we got word about the beatings in Birmingham and bus burning near Anniston, we decided that we would take up the freedom rides,” she said in 2011. “We knew it had to be done and that ...

Birmingham and Montgomery." But he still went to Nashville and from there to Jackson, where he was ultimately put in jail. According to Patton, Freedom Riders opted for jail time over fines.

The Freedom Riders traveled on two different bus lines ... Still nursing injuries, the bus continued on to Birmingham, where another mob awaited them. They were beaten again before escaping ...

A few hours later, black and white passengers on a Trailways bus were beaten bloody after they entered whites-only waiting rooms and restaurants at bus terminals in Birmingham and Anniston ...

USA TODAY’s “Seven Days of 1961” explores how sustained acts of resistance can bring about sweeping change. Throughout 1961, activists risked their lives to fight for voting rights and the ...

First, they had to get to New Orleans. Person and other Freedom Riders were planning to go by riding the bus but no drivers in Birmingham would take them. Their only option was to fly back.

Freedom Riders National Monument is a new park that is in the progress of being built by the National Park Service. There are ...

She later had careers in social work, education and sales, but often spoke publicly about the Freedom Rides.Credit...Eric Etheridge Catherine Burks was born on Oct. 8, 1939, in Birmingham ...

Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks of Birmingham, now 71, said one scene will stay with her forever, revealing the depth of hatred on their attackers' faces and in their words. "To see the ...

Hours later in Birmingham, the second bus --carrying ... Nash recruited ten new students and a second wave of Freedom Riders headed toward Alabama. More than 400 others across the country would ...