The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

The Amherst NAACP Branch 7045 announced an encore performance of local resident Sharon Ponton’s play, "Freedom Riders: Our ...

The victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. One of 436 Freedom Riders in 1961. Credit ...

The Freedom Rides demonstrated the power of nonviolent direct action to achieve strategic victory. Along with the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and the student lunch counter sit-ins of 1960 ...

The Freedom Riders consisted of groups of mostly young Black and white students who rode buses through Southern states, ...