By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The Federal Bureau of Investigation A group of Freedom Riders left Montgomery for Jackson, Mississippi on May 24, 1961. Hundreds of fans met the bikers there. Those who tried to use the whites-only facilities were arrested for trespassing and sent to Parchman, Mississippi's maximum-security prison. On that exact day, US […]

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