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Despite these achievements, the Freedom Riders aren’t the household names like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., but they are civil rights heroes nonetheless. Both Parks and King would be heralded as heroes for their roles in ending segregated bus seating in Montgomery, Ala. Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955, African Americans were still required by a Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinance to sit in the back half of city buses and to yield their seats to white riders if the Freedom Riders Face Bloodshed in Alabama. On May 14, 1961, the Greyhound bus was the first to arrive in Anniston, Alabama.There, an angry mob of about 200 white people surrounded the bus, causing On December 1, 1955, a tired Rosa L. Parks left the department store where she worked as a tailor’s assistant and boarded a crowded city bus for the ride home. She sat down between the “whites only” section in the front and the “colored” section in the back. Black riders were to sit in this middle area only if the back was filled. The Freedom Riders campaign cannot be explored without first understanding the history of bus desegregation in America. Many will say the moment that propelled the movement was on Dec. 1, 1955, when an African-American community activist named Rosa Parks got on the bus home after a long day of work and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger when the bus driver told her to. Stanley Nelson's documentary "Freedom Riders" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. The film chronicles the 1961 Freedom Rides, a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. Nelson's documentary explores the six-month period from May to November 1961 when over 400 activists challenged segregation in the Deep South. 49. The Bus Rides of Protest: 1947–1961. Located: 3rd floor conference room, behind main hallway exhibit #42 (Civil Rights) Prints in courthouse exhibit (photos): "Colored" bus terminal waiting room sign; segregated Florida bus passengers; Rosa Parks; Freedom Riders; Freedom Riders bus burning in Anniston, Alabama; Attorney General Robert Kennedy; Freedom Riders bus arriving in Jackson Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in Detroit on Nov. 28, 1999. Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the Rosa Parks’ protest ignited a nationwide movement, inspiring sit-ins, freedom rides, and marches that would ultimately dismantle segregation. Legacy of Rosa Parks Honoring Rosa Parks Through Awards and Recognition. Rosa Parks received numerous accolades, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Friends of the Freedom Rides Museum; Blue Star Museum: The Freedom Rides Museum proudly offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. U.S. Civil Rights Trail: The Freedom Rides Museum is now recognized as an official destination on the trail along with more than 100 locations In this book, Rosa Parks, Freedom Rider it talks about segregation in the state of Alabama and how Rosa Parks played an important part in stopping it. She led many people in protest by not using the city buses in Montgomery Alabama. She could thank her grandfather, Mr. Edwards, for teaching her the belief that every person should be treated She just wouldn’t get up--and with that simple act Rosa Parks struck a blow against injustice. Her refusal to give her seat to a white man mobilized the black community for a citywide bus boycott that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision. Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider. Keith Brandt, Joanne Mattern. Scholastic, 2006 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 54 pages "Rosa Parks boarded the bus that fateful day knowing Part of the original May 4 CORE Freedom Ride, the Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox was an outspoken black minister based in High Point, NC who had traveled through the region spreading the gospel of Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider Ruth Ashby Limited preview - 2008. Common terms and phrases. activist African Americans Alabama arrested Baptist Church black and white Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2018-12-22 06:50:40 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1516223 Camera Freedom Riders is the powerful, harrowing, and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961.From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the South. Irene Amos Morgan (April 9, 1917 – August 10, 2007), later known as Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, was an African-American woman from Baltimore, Maryland, who was arrested in Middlesex County, Virginia, in 1944 under a state law imposing racial segregation in public facilities and transportation. This rehabilitated bus station has been restored to how it looked in 1961 and is the site of the attack on Freedom Riders when they arrived at the station. 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