In August 1961, she married fellow Freedom Rider Paul Brooks. They were later active in the Mississippi voter registration movement, co-editing the Mississippi Free Press from 1962-1963.

The landmark site in Montgomery, Alabama, was deemed “not core to government operations,” and other stops in U.S. civil rights history could also be at risk.

Some of the original Freedom Riders who worked together to display unprecedented unity in the 1960s were in attendance, which Thomas says is an honor. “I think one of the most incredible aspects of ...

We have many people here in Mississippi who had more than just a passing interest in the movement. Hezekiah Watkins was the ...

author Raymond Arsenault wrote in the book "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice." A pioneer of the civil rights movement, Rustin was an adviser to the late Rev. Martin Luther King ...

The Amherst NAACP Branch 7045 announced an encore performance of local resident Sharon Ponton’s play, “Freedom Riders: Our History Revisited,” will be held at May 2 at Second Stage Amherst.

It highlights the Freedom Riders and the impact of police brutality ... The third act is when adult Jay considers joining the movement after the King verdict that acquitted the police officers.

is at college during the Rodney King riots and sort of has to make the decision of how will he join the movement,” said co-director Tyler Thomas. Some of the original Freedom Riders who worked ...