Freedom Rides

National Guard troops protect a Trailways bus carrying Freedom Riders on Highway 80 near Cuba, Sumter County.

National Guard troops escorting a Trailways bus carrying Freedom Riders along Highway 80 near the Alabama-Mississippi border, May 1961

Courtesy of the Birmingham News. Photograph by Norman Dean

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Alabama National Guard

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Freedom Rides

Freedom Rides

Massive Resistance

Massive Resistance

National Guard troops escorting a Trailways bus carrying Freedom Riders along Highway 80 near the Alabama-Mississippi border, May 1961