Registration is underway for the 15th Freedom Ride, a patriotic bike ride on the Fourth of July that raises money for the Van Zandt VA Medical Center in Altoona. “This is a family event. It is pretty ...

the Freedom Rides were one of the earliest demonstrations that Gandhian principles of nonviolence could prove effective in the American civil rights movement. From its founding by pacifists in ...

Twenty-four-year-old Morris College student Mae Frances Moultrie was the only African-American female on the original May 4 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Freedom Ride, joining the ride on May ...

The bus passengers assaulted that day were Freedom Riders, among the first of more than 400 volunteers who traveled throughout the South on regularly scheduled buses for seven months in 1961 to ...

The Amherst NAACP Branch 7045 announced an encore performance of local resident Sharon Ponton’s play, "Freedom Riders: Our ...

It highlights the Freedom Riders and the impact of police brutality. Post-performance discussions and student viewings are planned. In every generation, there's an opportunity to take a step ...