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Freedom Riders

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Why the Freedom Riders matter more than ever

Angela Tuck
OPINION - What must it have been like to board segregated buses 50 years ago, when indignities and insults were the norm?...
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Where are the modern Freedom Riders?

Mychal Denzel Smith
OPINION - If young people were willing to risk their lives 50 years ago for the cause of equal rights, where are the youth activists of today willing to do the same?...
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Freedom Riders finally get place in history

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis said he teared up Friday when he walked through the old Greyhound station where he was beaten and knocked unconscious...
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Freedom Riders museum opens in Montgomery, Ala.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Freedom Riders were trying to integrate Southern bus stations when they arrived in Montgomery on May 20, 1961...
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50 years later, students retrace 1961 Freedom Ride

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to him...
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Slideshow: Remembering the Freedom Riders

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SLIDESHOW - This week marks the start of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights Freedom Riders, who traveled by bus to confront segregation in the South...
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May marks 50 years since Freedom Rides in South

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WASHINGTON (AP) - This month, students will retrace the Freedom Rides. Also, PBS will premiere a new documentary on the subject...
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178 Freedom Riders to be on 'Oprah'

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CHICAGO (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is marking the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride...
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'Freedom Riders': Film revisits 60s segregation fight

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated travel on interstate buses in the Deep South...
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Mississippi makes Freedom Ride a tourist draw

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Next year's commemoration of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Rides is expected to dwarf any other tourism event the southern state has ever seen...
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