The first Freedom Riders holding suitcases outside
The first Freedom Riders holding suitcases outside the office of Attorney S.W. Robinson. Richmond, Virginia on April 9, 1947. L-R: Worth Randle, Wally Nelson, Ernest Bromley, Jim Peck, Igal Roodenko, Bayard Rustin, Joe Felmet, George Houser, and Andy Johnson. They were testing the 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision against racial segregation of passengers on interstate buses. (BSLOC_2014_13_115)
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11967106
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45370031
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3000px x 2370px
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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