The Freedom Riders-1961

  • Morgan v. Virginia

    Supreme court rulingin favor of Irene Morgan, who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a greyhound on her way to Balitmore. The case began on July 16, 1944 and ended int he supreme court ruling that segregation on interstate buses was against the constitution.
  • Journey of Reconciliation

  • Montgomery to Jackson (trailways)

    "National Guardsmen boarded the bus with fixed bayonets on their rifles. They stood the length of the bus in the aisle. I said to one of them, 'Man, that's a mighty fancy rifle you've got there.'
    His response was, 'I ain't got one word to say to you.' [laughs]
    'Yeah,' I said to myself, 'These are our protectors.'" --Mattew Walker, Jr.
  • Montgomery to Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Nashville to Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Nashville to Montgomery to Jackson (trailways)

  • New Orleans to Jackson (Illinois Central Train Station)

  • Montgomery to Jackson (Trailways)

  • Montgomery to Jackson (Trailways)

  • New Orleans to Jackson (Trailways)

  • Nashville to Jackson (Trailways)

  • Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Hawkins Field, Jackson Airport

  • Hawkins Field, Jackson Airport

  • New Orleans to Jackson (Illinois Central Train Station)

  • Illinois Central Train Station

  • Nashville to Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Jackson (Livingston Park)

  • Nashville to Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Nashville to Jackson (Greyhound)

  • Jackson (Greyhound)

  • New Orleans to Jackson (Illinois Central Train Station)

  • Montgomery to Jackson (Trailways)

  • Jackson (Livingston Park)

  • Jackson (Trailways)