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By Mark Hilton, August 5, 2017
Greyhound Bus Station Protest, May 14, 1961 Marker (reverse)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Gurnee Avenue north of West 10th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Front
This was the site of the Greyhound bus terminal where on May 14, 1961, a bus carrying black and white Civil Rights Activists known as "Freedom Riders" was attacked by a mob of whites who were protesting desegregation of public . . . — — Map (db m106621) HM |
| On East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When seven injured "Freedom Riders" arrived at the Hospital on
this date, the mob that had attacked them earlier in the day
followed. The Riders were testing desegregation of public
transportation in the South by riding buses. The bus they . . . — — Map (db m106647) HM |
May. 3, 2024