May 24, 2011
This marker now identifies the renovated Greyhound bus station in downtown Jackson as the site of the 1961 Freedom Rides, where activists protested segregated bus stations.
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Freedom Riders Recognized
Freedom Rider Jesse James Davis said his historic ride on a Greyhound bus to protest Jackson's segregated bus station was not a planned event.
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