File:State historic marker detailing story of Freedom Riders.jpg

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English: Freedom Riders National Monument, Anniston, Alabama
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Camera location33° 38′ 04.82″ N, 85° 54′ 36.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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FREEDOM RIDERS

On May 14, 1961, a Greyhound bus left Atlanta, GA carrying among its passengers seven members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a.k.a. the "Freedom Riders," on a journey to test interstate bus segregation. The bus was met by an angry mob at the bus station in Anniston, AL where tires were slashed and windows broken. Upon leavin Anniston, the bus was followed by the mob to this site where the driver stopped to change the tire. The crowd set the bus on fire and attacked the passengers as they departed. The incident served to strengthen the resolve of the civil rights movement.

Sponsored by Theta Tau chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. of Anniston

Alabama Historical Association 2007

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