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The Journey to Freedom

Retrace two of the most influential Freedom Rides of 1961: the original CORE Freedom Ride and the Nashville Student Movement Ride.
Courtesy of "Freedom Riders," a WGBH production for PBS
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Freedom Riders getting in Paddy Wagon

Jackson, Mississippi, May 24, 1961

Jackson, Mississippi, is the endpoint for the vast majority of Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961. Jackson police routinely arrest groups of Freedom Riders at the local bus terminals, airport and train stations, not under local or state segregation laws, but on the formal charges of incitement to riot, breach of peace and failure to obey a police officer.

Hundreds of Riders are imprisoned at the infamous Parchman State Prison Farm in Parchman, Mississippi.

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