Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white ...

Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white ...

Several of us had an extraordinary meeting yesterday afternoon at the coffee shop in town. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, the drive to register black voters down South as ...

An art exhibit based on the Freedom Rides, "No Crystal Stair: A Climb to Freedom,"runs through May, 2011, at the National Center for the study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at ...

Among the innumerable stories of courage, here is a glimpse of the Freedom Rides through the eyes of seven women who helped change the nation.

The “reverse freedom rides” of 1962 were meant to provoke Northern politicians, and have drawn comparisons to the recent flights of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

The American Experience film “Freedom Riders” detailed how the students crafted their last wills and testaments before heading south.

There are, however, some true U.S.-made icons that are oozing with patriotism and screaming with American independence, many ...

Among the innumerable stories of courage, here is a glimpse of the Freedom Rides through the eyes of seven women who helped change the nation.

The Freedom Riders: A local man remembers a turning point in the American Civil Rights Movement Published: Apr. 09, 2011, 12:06 p.m.

Freedom Rides: A Civil Rights Milestone Spring ‘61: Federal legislation struck down segregation in America’s transit systems prompting a series of nonviolent protests known as the Freedom Rides ...

Furthermore, the Burkes believe the symbolic connection of the first Freedom Rides with the new one also underlines the generational trauma on African-American families: Many minority communities ...