Freedom Riders
United States
About Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders National Monument commemorates the brave civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South in 1961 to test Supreme Court decisions. The monument is located at the former Greyhound Bus Station in Anniston where a Freedom Riders bus was firebombed by an angry mob. The site preserves this critical moment in the Civil Rights Movement and honors those who risked their lives for equality. The monument is managed by the National Park Service.