32+ Freedom Riders Bus Attacked In Alabama Background. Freedom rides were modeled after the 1947 journey of reconciliation which tested the supreme court decision of morgan v on may 14, 1961 the freedom riders bus was bombed near anniston, alabama by an angry mob. (ap) — freedom riders who were attacked in alabama's capital on may 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and to have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where they were confronted by an angry white mob.
Learn vocabulary, terms and more with flashcards, games and other study tools. On may 14, the greyhound bus arrived at the terminal in anniston, calhoun county, where a white mob waited with clubs and bats. Missing hbcu student adam dowdell found dead in alabama | florida sentinel bulletin.
Finally, in the fall of 1961, the interstate.
Freedom riders pose in washington d.c. Many of them were still. A white mob in anniston, alabama attacks the greyhound bus carrying freedom riders from. Freedom riders pose in washington d.c.