“As we celebrate the arrival of the restored Greyhound Bus and its symbolic representation of the courage of the Freedom Riders, we also commemorate the 60th anniversary of the rides and their ...

Film Description. 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 ...

Freedom Riders National Monument. Currently, there is no visitor center or ranger always on duty. There are times on the weekend that a ranger is located at the Greyhound Bus station.

Freedom Riders National Monument. Currently, there is no visitor center or ranger always on duty. There are times on the weekend when a ranger is located at the Greyhound Bus station.

Open house put on by the National Park Service to solicit public comments on the Freedom Riders National Monument at the historic Greyhound bus station Tuesday morning on Gurnee Ave. Center, Pete ...

The commemoration will start on Sunday, May at 1:30 p.m. at the Greyhound Bus Station at 618 19th Street North in Birmingham. The event will include a series of speakers including three Freedom ...

The 62nd anniversary of the Freedom Riders events in Anniston was marked Saturday with historical tales, fellowship and food on Gurnee Avenue, between the former Greyhound bus station, where a ...

On May 4, 1961, national CORE launched “Freedom Rides” on a Trailways and Greyhound bus to test segregation on interstate buses and inside terminals after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed such ...

It moved Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement. Greyhound Bus Museum "There is so much history that is here for the taking, that we can't take for granted.

Parchman visit brings fear, relief to Mississippi Freedom Rider who was imprisoned as a teen. ... He set foot inside the Greyhound bus station in downtown Jackson in July 1961.

Mr. Person, standing left, with other Freedom Riders and the civil rights leader the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, kneeling second from left, at the Greyhound bus terminal in Birmingham, Ala., after ...