Freedom Rides: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article revised and expanded. Nov 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 27, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Freedom Riders. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Remembering The 'Freedom Riders,' 50 Years Later. Jul 31, 2025
Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Freedom Rides. Apr 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Civil Rights Movement Archive - Freedom Rides of 1961. Dec 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Open University - OpenLearn - The �Freedom Rides�. Oct 29, 2024
Cross-references and media added. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - The Cruel Story Behind The 'Reverse Freedom Rides'. May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Freedom Rides. Jan 31, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Who Were the American Freedom Riders. Nov 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Freedom Rides. Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Freedom Riders. Dec 15, 2022
Add new Web site: American History For Kids - The Freedom Riders. Mar 08, 2022
Replaced photograph. Nov 08, 2021
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Freedom Riders: A Simple, but Daring Plan. Jun 30, 2021
Media added. Nov 11, 2020
Add new Web site: Southern Poverty Law Center - Celebrating the Freedom Riders. Aug 19, 2020
Media added. Mar 11, 2020
Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Freedom Riders. Feb 13, 2019
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Freedom Riders. Jan 26, 2017
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Freedom Rides. Feb 10, 2015
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Freedom Rides (1961). Feb 10, 2015
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Freedom Ride. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - History and Archaeology - Freedom Rides. Jun 02, 2011
Added photograph of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala. May 03, 2011
New article added. Dec 17, 2004
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