Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Freedom Riders, 1961


Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Freedom Riders Julia Aaron and David Dennis sit aboard an interstate bus as they and 25 other civil rights activists are escorted by Mississippi National Guardsmen on a violence-marred trip between Montgomery, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. Originally published in the June 2, 1961, issue of LIFE.

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