In Freedom Riders, Burks says she borrowed a line from ... Then people in Tel Aviv and Moscow and London would not pick up their newspaper for breakfast and realize that America is not living ...

Ponton, who lived in Nelson County for three decades before moving to Madison Heights, said she was five years old when the Freedom Riders made national news. She said the late John Lewis ...

They were pelted with eggs and chased out of town, but these Indigenous-led protesters forged a lasting legacy in the fight against racial segregation.

The youngest Freedom Rider, Charles Person, died at age 82, his family stated. He left an incredible mark on history and was a hero who risked his life during the Civil Rights Movement.

The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

One of these sites supposedly slated for sale that is on the National Register of Historic Places was Montgomery's own Montgomery Bus Station — which houses the Freedom Rides Museum — whose ...

The list included the Montgomery Bus Station, a historical site that houses the Freedom Rides Museum. The fate of the Montgomery Bus Station remains unclear, but U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell and ...