Civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders disembark from their bus , en route from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, as they...
Passengers of this smoking Greyhound bus, some of the members of the "Freedom Riders," a group sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality , sit on...
Freedom Group Hangs Signs on Bus. New York: Members of a group called "The Washington Freedom Riders Committee" hang signs on the side of bus parked...
Freedom Riders on a Greyhound bus sponsored by the Congress Of Racial Equality , sit on the ground outside the bus after it was set afire by a group...
Civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders en route from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, as they seek to enforce integration by...
Freedom Riders sit on their luggage at a bus station, Birmingham, Alabama, May 1961. As part of a protest against the racial segregation of...
The military guard a bus en route from Montgomery, Alabama, as civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders head for Jackson, Mississippi, 26th...
As a Trailways bus carrying Freedom Riders arrives in Jackson, Mississippi, police officers with dogs prepare to arrest and jail those on board, 24th...
"Freedom Riders" sit beside a burned-out Greyhound bus they had ridden which was burned by a mob of white people who attacked it on the highwaynear...
Eight 'Freedom Riders,' five whites and three negroes, have left New Orleans for the first train ride assault on the South's segregation laws. The...
Rev. Ralph Abernathy arriving in Jackson, Mississippi after a Freedom Riders' bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama.
State highway patrolmen stand guard over burning Greyhound bus with clubs and drawn guns, near Anniston, Alabama, May 14 after a mob of white...
Two blood-splattered Freedom Riders, John Lewis and James Zwerg stand together after being attacked and beaten by pro-segregationists in Montgomery,...
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Participating in planning session for Freedom Riders' bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
Some 32 Freedom Riders, including Protestant and Jewish clergymen, here for a 3 day test of bus desegregation between here and Florida. Shown prior...
Profile of an unidentified Freedom Rider as she looks out of a bus window, late May 1961. The photo was taken during the Montgomery, Alabama to...
Mob of whites blocks the driveway exit at a bus terminal to keep a bus carrying 'Freedom Riders' from leaving Anniston, Alabama, 14th May 1961. Some...
Police officers stand by as a group of African American demonstrators kneel in prayer during the hearing for the Freedom Riders at Albany's City Hall...
Freedom Riders seated aboard bus during trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson Mississippi showing fatigue due to early morning start.
Freedom riders are shown arriving at the Midwest Bus Terminal. Police arrested them about ten minutes after they entered the waiting room of the...
The military guard a bus en route from Montgomery, Alabama, as civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders head for Jackson, Mississippi, 26th...
James Peck of New York who was on one of the two Freedom Rider buses is attacked at the bus station, Birmingham, Alabama, May 14, 1961. The other bus...
"Freedom Riders" surrounded by photographers prepare to board a Trailways bus for Mississippi from Montgomery, Alabama, under heavy guard by state...
Some 32 Freedom Riders, including Protestant and Jewish clergymen, here for a 3 day test of bus desegregation between here and Florida. Shown prior...
Along with unidentified others, American Civil Rights activist John Lewis , his head bandaged, studies a map on a table in a temporary safe house...
National Guardsmen showing strong presence as Freedom Riders make bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
Leaders of the Freedom Riders, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis hold a press conference in Montgomery,...
Freedom Riders stage a sit-in at a Montgomery, Alabama, waiting room reserved for White customers, 29th May 1961.
Traveling with Freedom Riders on historic ride from Montgomery to Jackson, MS, Rev. C.T. Vivian pleading with officer to make rest stop.
Jackson, MS: With the Adhesive tape "X" still on his head, marking the spot where he was struck in racial violence at Montgomery, Alabama, John...
Montgomery, AL: Map showing the route of black "Freedom Riders," who recently left Montgomery for Jackson, Mississippi, the hard-core center of...
Two members of the Freedom Riders reverend B. Elton Cox of High Point, North Carolina and Dr. Walter Bergman of Detroit are pictures as they were...
National Guardsmen showing strong presence as Freedom Riders make bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
View, through the front windshield of a Freedom Rider bus, of a 'Welcome to Mississippi' billboard, Alabama, May 24, 1961.
Police escort one the civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders following his arrest for attempting to use a 'whites only' waiting room at...
Jackson, MS: Negro "freedom riders" are escorted from a white waiting room into a waiting police van May 28th, after their arrest. They were arrested...
Freedom Rider is searched by a police officer in Jackson, Mississippi, after being charged with "breach of peace", 29th May 1961. 17 were jailed on...
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Participating in planning session for Freedom Riders' bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
Interior of the First Baptist Church, where passengers on the Freedom Ride have taken refuge from the violence that met them at the Greyhound Bus...
Civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders en route from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, as they seek to enforce integration by...
An unidentified young Black 'Freedom Rider' is told to leave a segregated 'white' waiting room at a bus depot in Jackson, Mississippi, May 26, 1961....
Twenty-one year old ministerial student and member of the Freedom Riders, Jim Zwerg, lies in a hospital bed after being beaten by pro-segregationists...
African American demonstrators gathered in front of Albany's City Hall, pray as Freedom Riders pass by. The Freedom Riders were being charged at City...
National Guardsmen and Mississippi showing strong presence as viewed through bus window as Freedom Riders make stop on bus trip from Montgomery,...
With more than 100 National Guardsmen and police at the bus arrive in Montgomery. Included in this group are Doctors John McGuire and David Swift,...
Freedom riders drink coffee at a bus depot coffee shop as they wait for their bus to take them out of Alabama.
Prior to roll call for about 170 Freedom Riders in a college church, this guitar accompanied group broke into several of CORE's Sit-in Songs. Cut on...
Five minutes after leaving the train, five San Francisco Bay area Freedom Riders are shown being arrested for bringing a racially mixed group into...
Some 32 Freedom Riders, including Protestant and Jewish clergymen, here for a 3 day test of bus desegregation between here and Florida. Shown prior...
Montgomery, Alabama: "Freedom Riders" Leave Alabama. This general view shows Trailways bus with "Freedom Riders" aboard leaving the bus terminal with...
Washington, DC: Some 32 Freedom Riders, including Protestant and Jewish clergymen, here for a 3 day test of bus desegregation between here and...
National Guard troops and local police stand guard during a temporary halt in the journey of the 'Freedom Riders' bus near here, May 24th. The...
Two black 'Freedom Riders' get off their bus only to face a line of National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets who had orders to maintain order here,...
National Guardsmen showing strong presence viewed through bus window as Freedom Riders make bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.