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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Freedom Riders

On May 4, 1961, thirteen Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C. on two buses headed for New Orleans. Their goal: challenge segregated travel facilities throughout the South.

The violence they met along their route, including firebombings of the buses in Alabama, captured the nation's attention, including that of the Kennedy administration.

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