We lost John Lewis, a fellow Georgian, in 2020. He was 21 when he was with the Freedom Riders. He later became a U.S. Congressman representing our state. We lost Charles Person earlier this year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, issued a statement Wednesday after the U.S. General Services Administration confirmed that the historic Montgomery Bus Station, home to the Freedom Riders Museum ...

(AP Photo, File) (AP) — Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the "freedom rides ...

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 ...

Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge ...