#FreedomRiders hashtag - Bluesky

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 week ago

#OTD #TDIH #March17, 1912: #HBD #BayardRustin! #Activists #FreedomRiders #Nonviolence #AfricanAmericans #Gays #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomRecipients #MarchOnWashingtonMovement #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #GayRights #Gay #WeaponOfLove #CivilRightsSky
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@Loudmouthkid62

@loudmouthkid62.bsky.social

1 month ago

Mug shots of some of the Freedom Riders in 1961. Black and white Americans rode buses and trains together to challenge the segregated interstate travel system.

#FreedomRiders
From May to November 1961, 400+ Black and white Americans traveled together on buses and trains through the Deep South. They deliberately violated Jim Crow laws in order to test and challenge a segregated interstate travel system. Many were beaten, and imprisoned.
#BlackHistory

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 month ago

John Lewis - Wikipedia

( #JCKaelin here: #HappyBirthday to an excellent man & kind supporter of me personally, you're well missed ❤️)
#OTD #TDIH #February21, 1940 ##HBD #JohnLewis! #JohnLewisCivilRightsLeader #CivilRightsMovement #SNCC #FreedomRiders #CORE #USCongressmen #BigSix #Big6 #CivilRightsSky #BlackSky

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The Orphan

@forestcronebears.bsky.social

1 month ago

Little Rock, AR Celebrates 50th Anniversary of The Freedom Riders (2011)

#BlackHistoryMonth Milestones #FreedomRiders President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR (2011) 50 yr Anniversary of the Freedom Riders.

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ

@butterflieskatz.bsky.social

1 month ago

Street #mural in downtown Birmingham

#CivilRights #FreedomRiders

The Freedom Riders challenged this status quo by riding interstate buses in the south in mixed racial groups to challenge local laws or customs that enforced #segregation in seating. The Freedom Rider faced violence & being jailed.

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@afranks3.bsky.social

1 month ago

Agents of Change // Throughout history, it has been the young and fearless who have driven movements forward. My portrait series Fearless Riders is a testament to those who risked everything for the freedom we enjoy today. #adrianfranks #frnkart #freedomriders #sncc #blackhistory #art #design

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Green Philosophy

@wertheresistance.bsky.social

2 months ago

That is insane! Can you move? I personally recommend inexpensive blue cities like #pittaburgh PA
They have 60 universities.

I'm in a large red city and our library has purchased 500+ books that I requested. I feel like I'm fighting a battle from within the belly of the beast like #FreedomRiders

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

2 months ago

( #JCKaelin: I chose him as my #CivilRights exemplar. )
#OTD #TDIH #January12, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD #JamesFarmer! #CORE #Big4 #Big6 #Heroes #AfricanAmericans #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #AntiRacism #Segregation #FreedomRiders #FreedomRides #CivilSky #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F...

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Ben Edwards

@bostonhistory.bsky.social

2 months ago

"Who the hell is Diane Nash?" From Freedom Riders YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

Who the Hell is Diane Nash? Leader of Nashville Sit-ins, Freedom Rider, Personal Hero

“Sir you should know we all signed our last will and testaments. We know someone will be killed but we cannot let violence overcome nonviolence.”

youtu.be/GIffL6KplzQ?...

#CivilRights #FreedomRiders

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[ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛʜʏʟ ꜰᴏx ᴀᴋᴀ ᴄᴍᴏɴᴇʏꜱᴘɪɴɴᴇʀ] 💖

@cmoneyspinner.bsky.social

4 months ago

Why weren't you this bold under apartheid?

Don't say you were a teen.
Teens were involved in the US Civil Rights Movement. #FreedomRiders

Anyway! You repented & talked #POTUSTrump into bringing in “persecuted” South African farmers as refugees.

SHUT UP ELON MUCK! GO TO MARS & LEAVE US ALONE!

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@ciaogirl9

@ciaogirl9.bsky.social

4 months ago

#MLK #FreedomRiders #Politicians were repeatedly arrested and yes, assaulted securing YOUR BLACK MAN RIGHTS, but if the new Black “LEADER,” is to big a pussy to do his JOB, of which he is paid handsomely in cash and perks, to risk an arrest, I guess he’s a pussy ass millenial

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Ludmilla

@ludmillaart.bsky.social

5 months ago

Freedom riders sitting on a bus with national guards standing by them to protect them.

Paul Schutzer. Freedom riders escorted by National Guards on way from Montgomery, AL to Jackson, MS 1961.
Paul Schützer was an American photojournalist. He was killed on assignment for Life while embedded with Israeli troops on the first day of the Six-Day War. #freedomriders #civilrights #history

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Ben Edwards

@bostonhistory.bsky.social

7 months ago

May 4, 1961: 13 courageous young Americans became the first Freedom Riders, risking it all to confront segregation. #FreedomRiders #AmericanHeroes

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brown cloud

@milehighlefty.bsky.social

7 months ago

C.T. Vivian is a Black man with short gray and black hair and mustache. He wears a black suit, white dress shirt and gray and black striped tie.

C.T. Vivian is a Black man with short black hair and mustache. He wears a dark blazer and shirt with white preacher's collar. He stands on a bus full of people, leaning forward on the back of a seat where he rests his left arm. Black and white photograph.

C.T. Vivian is a Black man with short gray and black hair and mustache. He wears a black suit coat, white dress shirt and maroon tie. He smiles as President Barack Obama stands behind him and places the Presidential Medal of Freedom around his neck. Behind them is an American flag and gold curtains.

C.T. Vivian is a Black man with short black hair and mustache. He wears a dark suit coat and shirt with white preacher's collar. This is a black and white booking photo after being arrested for peaceful protest in Jackson MS. The pic on the left he faces forward with a sign around his neck with booking information. The pic on the right is a profile with him facing to the right.

Honoring C.T. Vivian on his birthday

A minister, author, Civil Rights leader and activist

He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was called "the greatest preacher to ever live" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

#SCLC
#FreedomRiders
#BlackPowerandtheAmericanMyth
#CTVLI
#AlphaPhiAlpha

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Neptune InIowa

@neptune78.bsky.social

8 months ago

July 17, 2025 Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.

Letters from an American July 17, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
#USNews #NowReadion #Politics #JohnLewis #USHistory #FreedomRiders #segregation #Police #LBJ #VotingRightsBill #GoodTrouble #EpsteinFiles #Trump #TrumpAdmin

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MysticGoddess ♾️

@leoaquarius.bsky.social

8 months ago

a robot with the word savage on the bottom of it ALT: a robot with the word savage on the bottom of it

Mmmm, u have nothing to hide from, this is not our first rodeo #freedomriders

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Alex Burch

@alexkburch.bsky.social

8 months ago

‘Freedom is not a state, it is an act’ -Rep. John Lewis

#GoodTroubleProtest #LNK #Lincoln #Nebraska #Indivisible #GoodTrouble @indivisible.org

‘Freedom is not a state, it is an act’ -Rep. John Lewis
#CivilRights #FreedomRiders

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Alabama Values

@alavalues.bsky.social

8 months ago

🎥 At the unveiling of the new Freedom Riders Mural, Dr. Etta Maria Simpson, one of the original Freedom Riders, stood as a living bridge between past and present. She reminded us: remembering our history isn’t nostalgia, it’s a call to action. Learn the history. #FreedomRiders

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

8 months ago