It was the Freedom Rides that put Hollis Watkins on a path to activism. Watkins was 19 when he said he heard of the missions starting in May 1961 to test federal desegregation law enforcement at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, the Trump administration released a list of hundreds of federal buildings across the nation that the federal ...

On May 14, a number of national and Birmingham institutions will host a commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Hosted by the national environmental nonprofit, The Conservation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Two former Freedom Riders are helping to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the trip through the Deep South that challenged racial segregation in public transportation systems.

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

The victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. One of 436 Freedom Riders in 1961. Credit: Getty ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where ...

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This week is the 50th anniversary of the momentous Freedom Ride that journeyed through western New South Wales in February ...