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Freedom Rides — 1961

Freedom Rides of 1961 (CRMVets)

Timeline & History: Freedom Rides

Freedom Ride, Recollections of David Fankhauser.

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

Freedom Riders Mug Shots (Eric Etheridge)

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

Photos

50th Anniv. Events — 2011

50th Anniversary, Washington DC. May 4-7.
     Reply to Invitation RSVP Form [PDF]
     Statement on Mississippi 50th Anniversary Event

50th Anniversary & Museum, Montgomery AL. May 20.

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.

[Map © Jeffrey Ward]

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