CNN The Sixties June 28, 2014 01:19:00
Nowhere. i was hit with a wooden crate. beaten, left lying in a pool of blood. >> before police finally broke up the crowd with tear gas, they beat and injured at least 20 persons. >> after the riders are attacked and brutally beaten, the freedom riders essentially become trapped in the first baptist church. >> the church was surrounded and people were setting fire to cars. >> it is a very dangerous situation. no one could leave the church. >> dr. king had gone over to montgomery from atlanta to lend support to the freedom riders and so king, too, along with the riders is trapped at this churc...