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.

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

This monument consists of two sites that symbolize the Freedom Riders and their significant role in the Civil Rights Movement ...

HE FLEW SOUTH, AND BECAME THE 67TH FREEDOM RIDER, BOARDING A BUS FROM MONTGOMERY ... ACTIVISM IN THE 1960S TO THE LACK OF AN ORGANIZED MOVEMENT AGAINST THE ATTACKS ON CIVIL RIGHTS TAKING PLACE ...

and Freedom Rider Charles Jones discussing the Freedom Riders movement on July 14, 1961 Photo by Afro American Newspapers / Gado / Getty Images Ahead of the 1963 March on Washington, the planning ...

"The incident marked the first time even a mild disturbance had been reported in connection with the friction rider movement since it began here May 24." Although he was branded a Freedom Rider ...

After Future "Freedom Riders" felt compelled to join the movement, and quickly resumed the rides. By the summer of 1961, there were more than 400 participants. As a result, the Interstate Commerce ...

On Cincinnati Edition, we’ll learn more about the Freedom Rides, the network of organizers who coordinated the movement and how its legacy inspired civil rights legislation and contemporary ...

The Montgomery Bus Station played a significant role in the civil rights movement. The Freedom Riders, a group consisting of both Black and white civil rights activists — and "none of them older ...

"We Shall Someday" is a new musical play opening at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The play follows three generations of a ...

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 ...