Tag: freedom rides
The Cruelty of Exploiting Vulnerable People for Political Advantage
By Ben Jealous, Courtesy of the Skanner News
There is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening.
Take the latest exercise...
Freedom Riders’ 1947 Convictions Vacated in North Carolina
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
By Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of...
Nashville Freedom Rider Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton Dies at 81
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press
Ernest “Rip” Patton, a member of the Nashville Freedom Riders and civil rights leader, has died, the Freedom Rides Museum...
Bruce Boynton, Who Inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, Dies at 83
AP Wire Service
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark "Freedom Rides" of 1961, died...