Friday, May 21, 2021

First Time: a Beating, This Time An Escort

 

     The first time a Freedom Rider Bus drove to the Montgomery Greyhound Station---in 1961---police abandoned the bus and its occupants. The KKK knew that would happen, and attacked.

     On the 60th Anniversary, Montgomery Police escorted a restored bus of the same era to the station, now repurposed as The Freedom Riders Museum.

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Montgomery, Alabama, United States
I was born in The Bronx, but have lived in Alabama since 1976. I semi-retired on April 30th 2019, the 50th Anniversary of my first (radio) broadcast. I have since started a Part-Time job as a docent in The Alabama Capitol Building.