Freedom riders meet violence on way to New Orleans

Columbus Weather Almanac

Tuesday, May 4 The 124th day of the year 241 days left Today in history On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen young people departs Washington, D.C.’s Greyhound Bus terminal, bound for the South. Their journey is peaceful at first, but the riders will meet with shocking violence on their way to New Orleans, eventually being forced to evacuate from Jack...

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