On May 4, 1961, a group of 13 civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.
The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in Anniston Alabama on May 14th.
When the bus arrived in Anniston, an angry mob of white people surrounded the bus, causing the driver to continue past the bus station. The mob followed the bus in automobiles, and when the bus couldn't go any further, someone threw a bomb inside. The Freedom Riders escaped the bus as it burst into flames, only to be brutally beaten by members of the surrounding mob.
The second bus, traveled to Birmingham, Alabama on that same day, those riders
The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in Anniston Alabama on May 14th.
When the bus arrived in Anniston, an angry mob of white people surrounded the bus, causing the driver to continue past the bus station. The mob followed the bus in automobiles, and when the bus couldn't go any further, someone threw a bomb inside. The Freedom Riders escaped the bus as it burst into flames, only to be brutally beaten by members of the surrounding mob.
The second bus, traveled to Birmingham, Alabama on that same day, those riders