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Freedom Riders sharing a meal together. . . [View all]
These are actual Freedom Riders, now elderly, sitting together decades after risking their lives to challenge segregation in the American South.
— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T03:48:31.285Z
On May 4, 1961, they rode buses south to defy illegal segregation in terminal facilities.
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