Freedom Riders Jim Zwerg and Paul Brooks

Freedom Riders Paul Brooks, left, and Jim Zwerg enter the Birmingham Greyhound Station in May 1961. The men were arrested for sitting together in the front of the bus as they entered Birmingham city limits on May 16, 1961.

Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg opening the Birmingham Greyhound station door for Paul Brooks before boarding to Montgomery, May 1961
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Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg opening the Birmingham Greyhound station door for Paul Brooks before boarding to Montgomery, May 1961