Photos From 'Life' On The Freedom Riders' 50th Anniversary : The Picture Show Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first "Freedom Ride" — a test of anti-discrimination laws in the south.

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.

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 ...

View full size Paul Schutzer, Times Life Pictures/Getty Images Two 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 ...

Theodore Gaffney, who photographed the Freedom Riders as they protested segregation, dies of Covid-19 complications By Harmeet Kaur , CNN 5 minute read ...

The Freedom Riders and some students examined photos showing the struggles of the more than 400 Freedom Riders who risked their lives in nonviolent protests beginning in May 1961. Sponsor Message ...

President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office with his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Credit: Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Although John F. Kennedy reached out to ...

I was 19 and living in Washington 46 years ago when I joined the Freedom Riders. I'd grown up in Arlington and was involved with a group called NAG (Nonviolent Action Group, a Student Nonviolent ...

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 ...