B I R M I N G H A M, Ala., May 12 -- Riding into Montgomery to a hero'swelcome Saturday, Ed Blankenheim said he can still remember thehatred on the faces of the men and women who surrounded and ...

Everyone likes to add their two cents worth to important projects. The National Park Service is asking the public to share their comments on the Freedom Riders National Monument Master Plan and ...

On Mother’s Day, May 14, 1961, an interracial group of Freedom Riders riding buses through the South was attacked and firebombed by a white mob outside of Anniston, Alabama. Sign up for our flagship ...

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 Americans ...

You don't have to ride Jim Crow -- Beside the weary road -- Hallelujah! I'm a-travelin' -- Alabama bound -- Get on board, little children -- If you miss me from the back of the bus -- Freedom's coming ...