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may 20, 1961 - White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery May 20, 1961

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The violence towards the Freedom Riders was not stopped by the police. Police abandoned the Greyhound bus just before it arrived in Montgomery. The Freedom Riders were met with baseball bats and clubs as they disembarked the bus. Attorney General Kennedy sent federal marshals to the city to stop the violence.

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may 20, 1961
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~ 64 years ago

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