On Mother's Day in 1961, a Greyhound bus carrying Freedom Riders was ambushed in Anniston, Alabama. The image of the Greyhound bus in flames was an image printed in papers across the United States ...

A collection of photographs from the 1961 firebombing of a Freedom Riders bus is on display at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, marking Black History Month.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first "Freedom Ride" — a test of anti-discrimination laws in the south.

View full size Paul Schutzer, Times Life Pictures/Getty ImagesTwo New Orleans activists, Freedom Riders Julia Aaron, left, and David Dennis sit on board a bus as they and 25 others on the bus are ...

In May 1961, they risked their lives by riding buses through the segregated South. Of the original 13 Freedom Riders from 1961, only two are still alive — Charles Person and Hank Thomas — both ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s “Freedom Riders,” airing Monday night, reexamines the historic bus rides through the South that shamed a nation into dismantling its segregation laws.

Theodore Gaffney accompanied the original Freedom Riders in 1961 as they boarded buses to challenge segregation in the Deep South.

Five decades after the Freedom Riders put their lives on the line for dignity and equal rights, LIFE.com presents photos made by Schutzer during that heady era in American history. Here are images ...

The UAB Department of History was proud to host two Freedom Riders — Catherine Brooks-Burk and Ameen Rasheed Tuungane — who spoke to students and faculty about how their actions helped change the ...

Hank Thomas, one of our NAGGERS, had gone on the initial Freedom Ride. We'd kidded him, telling him that he was taking a vacation when he left on that ride, but then news photos appeared of him ...

Professional Bull Riders team Florida Freedom win in Sunrise debut at Amerant Bank Arena on Sunday, August 5, 2024.

The story of the Freedom Riders was broadcast around the world. The Kennedy administration found itself on the defensive.