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An angry mob at the Greyhound Bus terminal greets the first bus as it arrives in Anniston on May 14....
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Mob Burns Freedom Riders' Bus
A mob in Anniston, Alabama attacks the Greyhound bus carrying Freedom Riders from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama.
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Bus Attacked in Alabama
Freedom Riders gather with authorities alongside their burning bus after a mob attack outside Anniston, AL
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Amsterdam News Front Page
An Amsterdam (NY) News article with the headline, "Inhuman!" described the Freedom Riders' bus being attacked and burned outside Anniston, Alabama.
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Bus Burns Outside Anniston, AL
The Greyhound bus carrying Freedom Riders from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama is stopped by the KKK and burned outside Anniston, Alabama.
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Gov. John Patterson
On sending an undercover officer on the Freedom Rider bus
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Janie Forsyth McKinney
On the Segregated South
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Janie Forsyth McKinney
On why southern society was a house of cards
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The Governor
John Patterson, Governor of Alabama from 1958 to 1963, won election as a staunch segregationist. Patterson discusses his response to the Freedom Rides and his decision to refuse a phone call from President John F. Kennedy when the Freedom Riders encountered mob violence in Birmingham.
