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bobbieinok

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4. Anniston AL--freedom bus set on fire, whites who followed bus, BLOCKED THE DOORS

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 03:16 PM

Jul 2020

Riders did get out, went to hospital, some whites try to get in at them

Fredom bus arrives in Birmingham, riders are met by pipe-swinging whites, cops stand aside and watch!

Info in Taylor Branch's MLK trilogy

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Today, 1July 2020, @NPR All Things Considered on US Christianity & W. Supremacy [View all] irisblue Jul 2020 OP

Oh, yes! It's a good one! spicysista Jul 2020 #1

Thanks! Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #2

I am a member of tolerance.org. irisblue Jul 2020 #3

Anniston AL--freedom bus set on fire, whites who followed bus, BLOCKED THE DOORS bobbieinok Jul 2020 #4

I read only the first of those books. murielm99 Jul 2020 #5

1st heard of Branch, trilogy on TavisSmiley's news show before 2000 bobbieinok Jul 2020 #6