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May 20, 1961, Montgomery, Alabama. John Lewis and Jim Zwerg, Freedom Riders. (graphic images)
Link to tweet
The '60s at 60 @the_60s_at_60
We’ll take hitting. We’ll take beating. We’re willing to accept death. But we’re going to keep coming until we can ride from anywhere in the South to anyplace else in the South ... just as American citizens.
- Jim Zwerg from his hospital bed
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/03/01/jim-zwerg-nashvilles-accidental-civil-rights-advocate/9859925
The '60s at 60 @the_60s_at_60
May 20, 1961, Montgomery, Alabama.
John Lewis and Jim Zwerg, Freedom Riders.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomriders/ …
5:51 AM - May 20, 2020
