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'Freedom Riders': Film revisits 60s segregation fight

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated travel on interstate buses in the Deep South...

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Remembering the Freedom Riders on Martin Luther King Jr Day

On this day in history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Censored News remembers those youths who put King's call into action, the Freedom Riders of 1961. They were beaten, some almost to death, placed on chain gangs in Mississippi, and faced death at the hands of southern police, for riding buses through the segregated south. Wach documentary at PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/ Widely censored in the US, Martin Luther King Jr. rallied against war and US militarism…

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Freedom riders consist of black and white activist who visited the South to stop segregation.

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Mugshots of the Freedom Riders arrested May 24, 1961.

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to test the United States Supreme Court decisions Boynton v. Virginia (1960) and Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1946). The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. Anniston Alabama, Civil Rights Lawyer, Freedom Riders, Interesting Pictures, Social Studies Activities, Unsung Hero, White Woman, Moving To California, Columbia Sc

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Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to test the United States Supreme Court decisions Boynton v. Virginia (1960) and Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1946). The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.

John Lewis and fellow Freedom Rider James Zwerg were attacked by pro-segregationists in Montgomery, Alabama. May 20, 1961. Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Riders, Montgomery Alabama, Civil Rights Leaders, Jim Crow, Racial Justice, Cbs News, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King

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John Lewis and fellow Freedom Rider James Zwerg were attacked by pro-segregationists in Montgomery, Alabama. May 20, 1961.

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10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Photographers

The iconic imagery surrounding the civil rights movement, while problematic for some, is unquestionably powerful, especially for those of us who weren’t around to witness this important chapter in American history firsthand. These pictures not only…

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