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Mug shots of the Freedom Riders arrested in Mississippi, including John Lewis, upper left, and Catherine Burks-Brooks, top row, third from left.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Upended car damaged and smoking after a riot protesting the Freedom Riders arrival in Montgomery, Alabama.
Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group. Photo by Norman Dean, Birmingham News.
Martin Luther King, Jr., with Freedom Riders as they prepare to leave Montgomery, Ala., for Jackson, Miss.
Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group. Photo by Norman Dean, Birmingham News.
In February 1946, Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in major league baseball, and his wife, Rachel, boarded a plane in Los Angeles, bound for spring training in Daytona Beach, Fla. They had first-class tickets.
The Alabama Historical Commission on Tuesday officially unveiled a restored Greyhound bus as part of a 60th anniversary exhibit commemorating the 1961 Freedom Rides protesting the segregation of bus terminals. The commission unveiled the bus, which was in service at the time of the protests, during a ceremony at its Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday to mark the date the first group of Freedom Riders left on a bus from.
To replace lost jobs and incomes, the economy needs entrepreneurs to fill the void with business startups. During the economic downturn a decade ago, the business startup rate fell and never fully recovered, which contributed to a slow recovery. Even before that, the startup rate had been trending down since the 1980s. That is troubling because startups play crucial roles in the economy. They create most net new jobs. They are a key source of innovation because new products are often pioneered by new companies. And they challenge dominant firms, which helps to restrain prices and expand consumer choices.
This report argues that state and local policymakers should slash regulatory barriers to startup businesses. State governments should repeal certificate of need requirements and minimum wage laws, liberalize occupational licensing and restaurant alcohol licensing, and fully legalize marijuana and hemp businesses. Local governments should reduce and simplify permitting and licensi