When the Freedom Riders rolled into Jackson in 1961, Mississippi responded with mass arrests — and the Riders answered with a strategy that reshaped the civil rights movement.

The National Park Service has finalized a master plan and environmental assessment for the bus burning site at Freedom Riders National Monument, concluding the project will have no significant ...

The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists (over 400 Black and white Americans) who rode together on buses and trains in ...

Before moving to Chicago in 1963, he traveled across the Deep South, playing a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement of ...

The ‘March for Australia’ protesters marched from Prince Alfred Park to Moore Park. Protesters were against mass immigration and were highly critical of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Organiser Bec ...

An Apollo Beach resident and prominent civil rights activist shares her story about being a Freedom Rider helping to desegregate airports in the 1960s.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Hezekiah Watkins is an Author with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2011 Ceremony as a Freedom Rider. The year with the highest average number ...

On May 20, 1961, Jim Zwerg and 21 others boarded a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Ala., bound for Montgomery, and ultimately, New Orleans. Some on the bus were white, like Zwerg. Most were black. All ...

World No 168 beats German veteran Laura Siegemund in three sets Rinky Hijikata, Dane Sweeny and Taylah Preston lose in second round Inspired qualifier Maddison Inglis has ridden an emotional ...

BELLFLOWER, CA – After 1,200 name submissions and nearly 4,500 votes from the public, LA Metro’s poorly-named “West Santa Ana Branch” light-rail project, which will take riders from Artesia to Los ...

After years of research and testing, Waymo has finally made its robotaxis available for public rides in Miami. Starting today, the service will be operational in a geofenced 60-square-mile area of the ...

NSW Police said that one officer was hit with a rock and the windscreen of one police car was badly damaged during the incident. Police said that a highway patrol car was driving on Ocean View Drive ...