MLK Jr. with Abernathy and Farmer

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking with a group of Freedom Riders, including (center) Ralph Abernathy and James Farmer.

Freedom Riders in Birmingham

Freedom Riders at the home of Dr. Richard Harris after the church siege in Birmingham, AL. Included are Lucretia Collins (center), James Farmer (far right) and John Lewis (ground, right).

Freedom Riders at Bus Depot

Freedom Riders, including James Peck and James Farmer, wait to board a bus for Richmond, VA.

The original Freedom Riders

The original Freedom Riders: Front, left to right: Joe Perkins, Charles Person, Frances Bergman, Genevieve Hughes, and Jimmy MacDonald; Back, left to right: John Lewis, Jim Peck, Ed Blankenheim, Hank Thomas, Walter Bergman, James Farmer. Not pictured: Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox, and Albert Bigelow.

Genevieve Hughes Houghton

On why Farmer feared having a white woman participate in the Rides

Freedom Riders Arriving in Alabama

Freedom Riders arriving at Birmingham, AL bus station in 1961. Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth escorts Catherine Burks-Brooks, John Lewis, and other Freedom Riders.

John Lewis

On traveling in the South in 1960

John Lewis

On the Freedom Ride's accomplishments