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Freedom Rides Museum, Montgomery, AL

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Freedom Rides Museum

Museum in Montgomery's former Greyhound bus station telling the story of the 1961 Freedom Rides.

210 South Court Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104 · Montgomery, AL

About Freedom Rides Museum

The Freedom Rides Museum occupies a former Greyhound bus terminal in downtown Montgomery. In 1961, nonviolent volunteers challenged segregation on interstate buses, and this building is tied to one of the violent confrontations they faced. Exhibits explain how the activists pushed for integrated travel and how architecture was used to enforce segregation. The Alabama Historical Commission runs the site, with support from Friends of the Freedom Rides Museum.

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