When Kessel threatens the lead statues of 16th-century freedom fighters in the town clock, Joanne and her grandparents rally the villagers to save Kirkendam's "little riders".

The Montgomery Bus Station played a significant role in the civil rights movement. The Freedom Riders, a group consisting of both Black and white civil rights activists — and "none of them older ...

Two groups sat behind signs “Greyhound” and “Trailways” on a stage in Amherst in a scene recreating the spring 1961 bus journey of the Freedom Riders and their historic stand for equality ...

The station became a historical landmark in 1961 after Freedom Riders were attacked there by white supremacists during the civil rights movement. The administration had said it was seeking to ...