Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge...

Freedom Riders is a 2010 American historical documentary film, produced by Firelight Media for the twenty third episode in the twenty third season of American...

influences, and is named in honor of the Freedom Riders—activists who participated in American Civil Rights Movement Freedom Rides beginning in 1961. In 2019...

Freedom Riders, activists who rode the buses during the 1961 Freedom Rides in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Freedom Rider or Freedom...

The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to...

City at Peace. The title of the movie and book is a play on the term "Freedom Riders", referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the...

Internet freedom Freedom of thought Freedom Riders – civil-rights activists Freethought Harm principle Personal freedom Refusal of work Statue of Freedom, an...

past, present and future. The Freedom Writers name pays homage to the name of the 1960s civil rights group Freedom Riders. After intercepting a racist...

of Freedom Riders (including Lewis, who had returned from his interview) to continue where the original Riders had left off. The replacement Riders also...

fifteen minutes to attack an incoming group of freedom riders before having police "protect" them. The riders were severely beaten "until it looked like a...

only take white Freedom Riders to the hospital. The driver was shamed into taking both black and white casualties by the white Riders' refusal to go without...

At the end of the meeting, Connor noted that he was expecting the Freedom Riders to reach Birmingham the following Sunday, Mother's Day. He stated, "We'll...

who called the Freedom Riders "fools" and "agitators" for whom he did not want to "play nursemaid". Mann offered to protect the riders if he was given...

of the Freedom Riders were bailed out after a month, Myers was the last to leave. The riders' experiences at Parchman gave the Freedom Riders credibility...

civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for...

history of civil rights for Indigenous Australians. Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the American Civil Rights Movement, in 1964 students from the University...

poultry. For instance, "roosters" were substituted for male Freedom Riders, "hens" for female Riders and so on. When Nash called Shuttlesworth again on Wednesday...

south. Many of the Freedom Riders were beaten by a white mob once they arrived at the Montgomery bus station, causing several of the riders to be hospitalized...

failed and had to rely on individual and group donors. The first Reverse Freedom Riders arrived in New York on April 20, 1962. By spring of 1963, the Southern...

K. Steele, and SCLC officers came to support the Freedom Riders. That evening, they and the riders joined the evening service in Ralph Abernathy's First...

headquarters for the Freedom Riders. With help from Oretha's mother Virgie and sister Doris, their home housed and fed hundreds of Freedom Riders coming and going...

Freedom Riders needed federal support. When Shuttlesworth prepared the Riders to leave Birmingham and they reached the Greyhound Terminal, the Riders...

28, 1939) is an American retired minister who was involved with the Freedom Riders in the early 1960s. Zwerg was born in Appleton, Wisconsin where he lived...

He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards. Among his notable films are Freedom Riders (2010), Wounded Knee (2009), Jonestown: The Life & Death of People's...

the south. The riders experienced horrific police brutality and other violent acts by white counter protestors. One notable freedom rider was John Lewis...

[came] through with their guns and their robes and everything", but the Freedom Riders felt at ease because they were being escorted by police. As soon as...

anniversary of the Freedom Riders, she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the experience. In 2014, she published a book, Freedom Rider Diary: Smuggled...

anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Lewis recounted the violence he and the 12 other original Freedom Riders endured. In Birmingham, the Riders were beaten by...

Restaurant was key when King and the Freedom Riders came to learn from the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott. As King and the Freedom Riders were beginning to organize their...

minute. The Riders were met with severe violence; in Birmingham the sheriff allowed local KKK members several minutes to attack the Riders, badly injuring...