https://www.apr.org/tags/freedom-riders-anniston-alabama Freedom Riders Anniston Alabama en-US Copyright Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:55:05 GMT https://www.apr.org/news/2026-10-31/freedom-riders-finish-their-trip-from-alabama-to-new-orleans Multiple generations of Black civil rights activists met at Xavier University on Wednesday to honor a group of Freedom Riders after they finally completed a disrupted bus journey from Washington D.C. to New Orleans 65 years after the original trip was halted. The original ride, the first in a series of trips to protest Jim Crow laws, was interrupted when a segregationist mob firebombed their buses in Anniston, Alabama. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:55:05 GMT https://www.apr.org/news/2026-10-31/freedom-riders-finish-their-trip-from-alabama-to-new-orleans Pat Duggins, Associated Press https://www.apr.org/politics-government/2012-10-16/groundbreaking-set-for-freedom-riders-park Work is set to begin on a park in memory of a brutal attack on civil rights activists 51 years ago and the progress made since then.The Anniston Star… Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:15:50 GMT https://www.apr.org/politics-government/2012-10-16/groundbreaking-set-for-freedom-riders-park The Associated Press