When the Freedom Riders rolled into Jackson in 1961, Mississippi responded with mass arrests — and the Riders answered with a ...

73 year old Hezekiah Watkins now spends his days working at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Lee. He's not just an employee. He's a part of history. And so you grew up in the midst of the civil ...

Norman C. Francis was one of the most influential New Orleanians of the past century. These five moments and memories help show his impact.

If Montgomery has one thing, its tangible history. This Black History Month, archivists urge the public to engage with ...

They didn’t think I’d finish my walk alive," Moore wrote in his diary. "They didn’t think people believed I really stood for the things I do.” ...

Fredericksburg, Virginia’s new Civil Rights Trail titled “Freedom, A Work in Progress,” offers unique insights into the ...

A coast-to-coast bus ride sounds romantic, affordable, and adventurous. The reality is far more complex.

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 ...

CLEVELAND — Barons Bus, Greyhound and GoBus will begin operating out of a new intercity bus terminal in Cleveland starting Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. The new terminal is located at 17510 Brookpark Road, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of causing a Greyhound bus crash on I-40 in Albuquerque is expected to go on trial on Friday. Leroy Maass is accused of grabbing the steering wheel of a ...

Hezekiah Watkins— the youngest Freedom Rider—is still here to share his harrowing journey from a death row cell to the history books. A Mississippi man who played an important role in the fight for ...

In 1961, when Hezekiah Watkins was 13, he was arrested and placed on death row after entering the “whites only” section of a bus station in Jackson, Mississippi.