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FILE - This is a May 1961 file photograph of a Freedom Rider bus that went up in flames when a fire bomb was tossed through a window near Anniston, Ala. Crews broke ground Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 on a park aimed at illustrating the violence as well as the hope embodied following a 1961 attack on civil rights workers. The groundbreaking was held Freedom Riders Park in the Anniston area. The park commemorates a brutal attack on civil rights activists 51 years ago and the progress made since then. (AP Photo/File)

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Remembering the attacks on the Freedom Riders in Alabama in May of 1961

It was on May 20, 1961 when a group of civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders arrived by bus in Montgomery. An angry white mob was waiting for them at the Greyhound Bus Station in Alabama’s Capitol city. The attackers used baseball bats and iron pipes to beat the Freedom Riders, which included future Georgia Congressman John Lewis. The Montgomery attack followed similar violence in Birmingham and Anniston earlier in the month.

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Judge Orders Mediation in Huntsville Desegregation Suit

Associated Press

A federal judge is ordering mediation to resolve a dispute over racial segregation in Huntsville's city schools.U.S. District Judge Madeline Hughes…

Arts & Life

Hobson City: How Desegregation Almost Killed Ala.'s First All-Black City

Maggie Martin

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of many pivotal moments in the civil rights era in Alabama. The movement would lead to desegregation of schools and…