16h 4min, apr 15, 1961 y - Freedom Rides
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Black and white students rode integrated buses down south to test the supreme court decision that had integrated interstate busing in Mississippi. However, while in Alabama the trip took a horrific turn. After departing from Anniston, prosegregationist firebombed one of the buses. The second bus that arrived in Birmingham was attacked by a white mob.
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16h 4min, apr 15, 1961 y
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~ 63 years ago