On this day in 1961, a group of Freedom Riders were attacked in Anniston, Alabama,, by a mob of white men led by Klansman.
On this day in 1961 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 14, 2024 MAY 14, 1961 On this Mother’s Day, a group of Freedom Riders traveling by bus from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans arrived in Anniston, Alabama. A mob of white men led by a Klansman attacked the bus with baseball bats and iron pipes. They also slashed the tires. After the attack ended, the hobbled bus pulled over, the mob hurled a firebomb into the bus, and someone cried out, “Burn them alive.
The photograph of the Greyhound bus engulfed in flames, the black smoke filling the sky became an unforgettable image of the civil rights movement.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars.
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