Freedom Rides — 1961

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Freedom Rides of 1961 (CRMVets) [PDF]
Freedom Rides (CRMVets: Timeline & History)

Freedom Rides, New South, 1961 (Multiple articles)

Freedom Ride, Recollections of David Fankhauser.

In Pursuit of Freedom, William Mahoney. Liberation, 1961.

"..They're Going to Burn Us Up!" (Excerpt from Freedom Riders...)

A Freedom Rider Speaks His Mind, Freedomways, 1961.

The White Problem, Albert Bigelow. Liberation, 1961.

Freedom Riders Speak For Themselves, News & Letters, 1961. (Multiple Articles)

Freedom Riders Mug Shots (Eric Etheridge)

The Freedom Rides: Were They in Vain?, by Terry Sullivan, 1962.

See also Freedom Rides for web links.

Freedom Rider 50th Anniv. Events — 2011

50th Anniversary, Chicago, IL. April 29-May 2.
50th Anniversary & Museum, Montgomery AL. May 20.
Mississippi Freedom 50th, Jackson, MS. May 22-28.
S.W. Georgia Project 50th Anniv. Reunion, Albany, GA. June 2-4.

The map below is from an Associated Press article in February 1962. It accompanied a feature story on the Freedom Rides of 1961 and maps the rides referred to in the AP story.

Note that the map shows only a few of the more than 60 Freedom Rides that criss-crossed the South between May and November of 1961.

For more information:

Books: Freedom Rides
Web: Freedom Rides

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