'I'd been in that bus before': Marking the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides – The Forward
Sixty years ago, on May 14, 1961, one of two buses carrying an interracial group of Freedom Riders was firebombed on the outskirts of Anniston, Ala. The riders barely escaped with their lives, only to be beaten by the mob outside. Of lesser import but nonetheless seared into America’s collective memory was the fate of the bus. Its charred hulk became an indelible symbol of just how far the Southerners would go to preserve white supremacy, even 15 years after the Supreme Court found segregation in interstate transportation to be unconstitutional. Image by Freedom Rides Museum Last week, a re...
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