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Reverse Freedom Riders: Political pawns of the past mirror current Cape Cod migrant crisis
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHYANNIS — It was 2 a.m. in 1962 and Doloras DaLuz, 88, along with her late husband Joseph DaLuz,...
Freedom riders’ 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoLegendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a...
Driver for 1961 Freedom Riders, Herbert Young, dies
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHerbert Young was 25 years old in 1961 when he made history busing Freedom Riders through Alabama’s capital city of […] The post Driver for 1961 Freedom...
When Southern Segregationists Gave Black Residents One-Way Bus Tickets North
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Greyhound bus used by Freedom Riders in 1961 Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getting Images In the...
In Nashville, Freedom Rider King Hollands calmly fought racial segregation, memorial set
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKisha Turner cradles a weathered gray tin cup. There are a lot of items and spaces that echo her...
On July 4th, celebrate the legacy of John Lewis and the Freedom Riders
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, fam! A happy Independence Day weekend to you all! This holiday, which acknowledges our...
'No Kings But Us' explores music, history and civil rights from DJ Screw to John Lewis
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoA cluster of figures — yellow line drawings etched on a black background — animate the massive...
Freedom Riders to celebrate 62 year anniversary, provide updates on Gurnee project
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 9—Sixty-two years after the mob violence against bus passengers that put Anniston on the civil rights map, there are still stories to hear, stories to tell. Two of the men who were the target ...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFreedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina
Intercity Bus Terminals Are Closing and Hedge Funds Are Scooping Them Up
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe old, and now closed Jackson Greyhound bus station is now an historical site because Freedom...