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Monday Open Thread | Freedom Riders: The Strategy

Posted on January 28, 2013 by SouthernGirl2

Throughout the summer of 1961, more than 400 black and white young Americans traveled together on buses and trains throughout the Deep South, deliberately violating Jim Crow laws in an effort to overturn them. Led by Diane Nash, the Freedom … Continue reading →

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