Freedom Riders
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A group of Freedom Riders from Tennessee stands at the door of a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Ala., waiting for a bus to leave for Montgomery on May 19, 1961. On April 25, 2008 the Tennessee Board of Regents changed its decision to deny honorary degrees to 14 students at Tennessee State University, who were expelled for participating in Freedom Rides of the 1960s civil rights movement. AP Photo/The Tennessean file.Robert Kennedy believed that everyone had the power to make a difference in the world. Photo by Bill Eppridge//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. |