the Freedom Rides were one of the earliest demonstrations that Gandhian principles of nonviolence could prove effective in the American civil rights movement. From its founding by pacifists in ...

Other editorials characterized the Freedom Riders as "outside agitators," meddling in communities to which they did not belong — although many of the African-American Riders had been raised in ...

In today's Black History Moment, Conley tells us more about Freedom Riders and their contribution to American History. On the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in ...

Freedom Riders, incidentally, rode interstate buses throughout the American South and intentionally experienced racist laws and customs. They were able, by riding together in mixed racial groups ...

Donation boxes were placed at the American Legion ... direct donations and donations from members of the Freedom Riders-Libby Chapter, 1,271 pounds of non-perishable food were delivered to ...

"Person was an American hero that changed this country, in his name we must fight to not allow the country to retreat in any way toward the rights gained with the bloodshed of the Freedom Riders ...