getmischFeb 21
John Lewis birthday 02/21! Rest In Power!
He said the cops told the #KKK where the 13 #FreedomRiders [link] would be arriving, so they greeted them with baseball bats, lead pipes, chains, & stones. He was lucky to survive, beaten unconscious.
Let's go find some "good trouble, necessary trouble" to get into...
#JohnLewis #VotingRightsAct #SCOTUS #fascist #USA #RobertsCourt #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #equality #minority #human #rights #Congress #GoodTrouble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis#Freedom_Riders
John Lewis - Wikipedia

NOLIGARCHY.USJul 9, 2025
On July 7, 1961, John Lewis was released from Parchman Prison after 40 days for refusing to move from a "whites-only" bus station area in Mississippi, a pivotal moment in civil rights. Locals still admire his courage. Maybe Jackson officials should take notes. #MS #FreedomRiders
MikeDunnAuthorMay 14, 2025

Today in Labor History May 14, 1961: Racists bombed and burned a bus full of Freedom Riders in Alabama. They shot out the tires and threw smoke bombs into the bus, and then attacked the occupants with sticks. Racist doctors at the local hospital refused to treat the wounded.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #bombing #kkk #racism #civilrights #alabama #freedomriders #jimcrow #BlackMastadon #kukluxklan #whitesupremacy

SargassoMay 6, 2025
Vrijheid https://sargasso.nl/vrijheid-3/ #bevrijdingsdag #Cultuur&Media #freedomriders #vrijheid #4mei #5Mei #Gaza
Vrijheid - Sargasso

Vandaag Sargasso’s eigen bevrijdingsfestivalletje, als nabrander na de vierde en vijfde mei. Het was, zoals elk jaar, altijd weer even schakelen van de serene twee minuten stilte naar de helikopterherrie waarmee popartiesten naar de podia in den lande vlogen. Waar het op 4 mei veel ging over mensen die hun levens hebben geofferd voor de […]

Sargasso
John AutryMay 4, 2025
May 4, 1961 - A group of Freedom Riders left Washington, DC for New Orleans in a first challenge to racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals; it was organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
#FreedomRiders
nomotimeJan 11, 2025

Charles Person, Youngest of the Original #FreedomRiders Dies at 82

In 1961, he and 12 other #civilrights #activists were nearly killed for trying to integrate interstate bus terminals across the South.

#BlackMastodon

https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2025/01/charles-person-original-freedom-rider-and-dedicated-u-s-marine-dies-at-82/

Charles Person, Original Freedom Rider and Decorated U.S. Marine, Dies at 82

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Charles Person, a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement as the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and a dedicated U.S. Marine, passed away peace…

The Birmingham Times
Today On ScreenMay 20, 2024

#OnThisDay, May 20, in 1961, a white mob brutally attacked nineteen Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama (depicted in The Butler, 2013)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #TheButler #FreedomRiders

MikeDunnAuthorMay 14, 2024

Today in Labor History May 14, 1961: Racists bombed and burned a bus full of Freedom Riders in Alabama. They shot out the tires and threw smoke bombs into the bus, and then attacked the occupants with sticks. Racist doctors at the local hospital refused to treat the wounded.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #bombing #kkk #racism #civilrights #alabama #freedomriders #jimcrow #BlackMastadon #kukluxklan #whitesupremacy

Understanding SocietyJul 24, 2023

The generation of the Freedom Riders

Some thoughts about the Freedom Riders in 1961, reflecting on the passing of Catherine Burks-Brooks, and the distance our country still needs to go to achieve racial justice.

And a comment about persisting racial disparities in Florida, in case Governor DeSantis wants to actually address an important issue rather than Mickey Mouse.

#racism #socialmovements
#freedomriders

https://undsoc.org/2023/07/24/the-generation-of-the-freedom-riders/

The generation of the Freedom Riders

The courageous Catherine Burks-Brooks passed in early July in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 83. The New York Times ran an extensive and moving obituary for her this weekend (link), a…

Understanding Society
jackhutton 🇺🇸Jul 23, 2023

An American Hero has passed:
(Gifted article, no paywall) Catherine Burks-Brooks, 83, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies
She was among a small group of students who restarted the Freedom Rides after the first attempt ended in violence and nearly destroyed the movement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/catherine-burks-brooks-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=YJLpBeXZ3zvUT0StFgoHyE7M-C_4-qtQntiXGlTL2S_SAk5P2ZGxzblWpBMvwsq16fkYNNBMa14FamKXodUw0ac6jQmhip0W7OL6B559kqTOtQzym7IcfV7TFTRAB22SNRQw_V_OtZV1-zxHDACy2wzEsPy7dmlFdGtP6_9CanXDSt6J-Q1sevIW5uCSDjcJ3QBrI_vVbAqZ41T234CKcoc0lKcv8t8juaxaJER2beBbLQnvEc-EzvUMsrp2om8f7TtigHkHMwR16024uUE9S64rlF_83jrRFJGRiRhFkihvx4QdBAGXJHpQPSKnEsoD64Hcr81dphtpusStKcLT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#freedomSummer #freedomRiders #CatherineBrooks

Catherine Burks-Brooks, 83, Freedom Rider Who Had the Last Word, Dies

She was among a small group of students who restarted the Freedom Rides after the first attempt ended in violence and nearly destroyed the movement.

The New York Times