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The Freedom Riders set out to challenge this status quo by riding various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement and called national attention to the violent disregard for the law that was used to enforce segregation in the southern United States. Riders were arrested for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and violating state and local Jim Crow laws, along with other alleged offenses. (Wikipedia)

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Thursday, May 4, 1961
Washington D.C.

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Lat/Lng: 38.8951118 , -77.0363658

Washington D.C.

Washington D.C., DC, USA

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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Freedom Ride leaves from Washington D.C. Led by CORE Director James Farmer, 13 riders (seven black, six white) left Washington, D.C., on Greyhound and Trailways buses. Their plan was to ride through Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, ending with a rally in New Orleans, Louisiana.(Wikipedia, PBS)
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Richmond

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Lat/Lng: 37.542979 , -77.469092

Richmond

Richmond, VA, USA

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Farmville

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Lat/Lng: 37.3020965 , -78.3919401

Farmville

Farmville, VA 23901, USA

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Greensboro

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Lat/Lng: 36.0726354 , -79.7919754

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Greensboro, NC, USA

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Monday, May 8, 1961
Charlotte

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Lat/Lng: 35.2270869 , -80.8431267

Charlotte

Charlotte, NC, USA

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Joseph Perkins is the first Freedom Rider to be arrested after sitting at a whites only shoe-shine stand in Charlotte, NC. (PBS)
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Rock Hill

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Lat/Lng: 34.9248667 , -81.0250784

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Rock Hill, SC, USA

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Later that same day, Freedom Rider John Lewis is assaulted in the Greyhound bus terminal of Rock Hill, SC, after attempting to enter the white waiting room with fellow Freedom Rider Al Bigelow.(PBS)
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Winnsboro

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Lat/Lng: 34.3807012 , -81.0864776

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Winnsboro, SC 29180, USA

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Other riders were arrested in Winnsboro.(PBS)
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Friday, May 12, 1961
Atlanta

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Lat/Lng: 33.7489954 , -84.3879824

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Atlanta, GA, USA

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The CORE Freedom Riders arrive in Atlanta, GA, where Martin Luther King, Jr. warns them of violence ahead.

Amid bomb threats, jeers, and other methods of intimidation, CORE Freedom Riders travel to New Orleans by plane.(PBS)
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Saturday, May 13, 1961
Anniston

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Lat/Lng: 33.6598257 , -85.8316318

Anniston

Anniston, AL, USA

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CORE Freedom Riders bus #1 burned
An angry mob of KKK members and their supporters burns a Freedom Riders’ Greyhound bus near Anniston, AL. (PBS)
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Birmingham

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Lat/Lng: 33.5206608 , -86.80249

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Birmingham, AL, USA

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CORE Freedom Riders bus #2 attacked.
A riot breaks out at the Trailways Bus Station in Birmingham, AL. A KKK mob savagely beats both Freedom Riders and innocent bystanders alike with iron pipes, chains, and clubs.(PBS)
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Friday, May 19, 1961
Montgomery

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Lat/Lng: 32.3668052 , -86.2999689

Montgomery

Montgomery, AL, USA

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Freedom Riders attacked
The Freedom Riders arrive in Montgomery, AL where a police escort abandons them to an angry mob. Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg and Federal official John Seigenthaler are badly injured in an ensuing brawl.(PBS)
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Tuesday, May 23, 1961
Jackson

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Lat/Lng: 32.2987573 , -90.1848103

Jackson

Jackson, MS, USA

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Freedom Riders jailed
The Riders board buses from Montgomery to Jackson, MS under National Guard escort. They are jailed upon arrival under the formal charges of incitement to riot, breach of the peace, and failure to obey a police officer.(PBS)
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Sunday, June 11, 1961
Parchman State Penitentiary
590 Parchman Road 12, MS | (662) 745-6611

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Lat/Lng: 33.917269 , -90.495244

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590 Parchman Road 12, MS

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Freedom Riders sent to Parchman State Prison Farm
Riders are transferred to Mississippi’s notorious Parchman State Prison Farm. Segregationist authorities attempt to break their spirits by removing mattresses from the cells. New Freedom Riders will continue to arrive in Jackson, MS and be jailed throughout summer.(PBS)
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