Freedom Riders
The road in Montgomery, Alabama that the freedom Riders came on and the bus was lit on fire
On May 20th, 1961. A group of black and white
SNCC members led by John Lewis left Birmingham
bound for Montgomery on a greyhound bus. They
were determined to continue te "Freedom Ride"
from Washington D.C. to New Orleans that had
met with violence in Birmingham. Their purpose
was to test a court case. "Boynton Vs. Virginia"
Declaring segregation in bus terminals unconstitutional.
Upon arriving in Montgomery their police
escort disappeared, and an angry mob of over
200 Klan supporters attacked and injured them.
At the greyhound terminal. Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy was so enraged that he sent
in 450 U.S. marshals and thus became active
in the movement.
All of these quotes and dedication to the lives that were lost and those injured are on the walls of
the greyhound bus station.
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