Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, the Trump administration released a list of hundreds of federal buildings across the nation that the federal ...

The We Shall Someday Project is commemorating the 65th anniversary of the historic Freedom Rides through a week of events ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where ...

In 1961, the Freedom Riders helped pave the way for civil rights achievements such as the Voting Rights Act that is now being ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Two former Freedom Riders are helping to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the trip through the Deep South that challenged racial segregation in public transportation systems.

Rep. Terri Sewell and Rep. Shomari Figures are trying to preserve a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement. Alabama Representatives are taking action to prevent the possible sale of the Freedom Rides ...

From 1961 to 1964, a multi-racial group of young, trained activists from the North were shuttled by bus to states in the South in an effort to end segregation and register Black voters during the ...

Fifteen days ago, a group of American heroes invaded Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound and took out the world’s most notorious terrorist. Tonight, in a two-hour Public Broadcasting System special, ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

The victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. One of 436 Freedom Riders in 1961. Credit: Getty ...