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Pbs: American Experience: Freedom Riders
PBS collects and summarizes the stories of the freedom riders, who, in 1961, challenged segregation in the American South. Includes video clips from the documentary, interactive timeline of key locations and events, biographical...
Black Past
Black Past: Freedom Rides (1961)
This encyclopedia article gives an interesting account of the Freedom Rides of 1961, which sparked later civil rights movements.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Freedom Riders
Article provides numerous detailed facts and a summary of the Freedom Riders who boarded their buses in May 1961 to test segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals in the South.
Digital History
Digital History: To the Heart of Dixie
In the early 1960s civil rights activists put the ban on segregation to the test. In 1961, "Freedom riders," boarded buses headed south to test the federal ban on segregated travel. And in 1962, the University of Mississippi was ordered...
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Pbs: American Experience: Eugene "Bull" Connor
Brief biographical details on Eugene "Bull" Connor, Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, AL in 1961. He was an ultra-segregationist with close ties to the KKK known for enforcing racial segregation and denying civil rights to...