Hatred in America
50 years ago today the Freedom riders arrived, in a fashion, in Anniston, Alabama. To honor what they experienced, I am begging you to read Colbert King in today's Washington Post. He has a piece titled On Greyhound with the Freedom Riders. It begins like this:
On this date in America 50 years ago, two buses arrived in Anniston, Ala. It was Sunday, May 14, 1961. The Lord must have been in his Holy Temple. His presence wasn’t in evidence when those buses carrying Freedom Riders rolled into Anniston’s Greyhound and Trailways bus terminals.
King recounts the events of the day as told by Raymond Arsenault in his book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments in American History)
It was Mother's Day. The Freedom Rides had been going on for 10 days. That day was a near tragedy, all
