Riders in the StormAs the Freedom Riders entered Alabama, they were attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. On May 20, 1961, U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was determined to see the civil rights activists safely out of Alabama. He worked the phones, even calling Greyhound to obtain transportation out of the state. But as the Freedom Riders rolled into Montgomery, they were met by hostile and armed crowds. Kennedy aide John Siegenthaler was among the people who were brutally attacked that day.
Original Documents: Statements from Robert F. Kennedy on the Freedom Riders |
    
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