Exactly 50 years ago today, 13 "Freedom Riders" — seven black and six white — rode public buses into the Deep South. Their mission: to test a brand-new federal law prohibiting segregation in ...

San Diego-raised creative team release ‘Freedom Riders’ musical soundtrack Richard Allen and Taran Gray say 18-song album featuring San Diego singers is a step toward full production ...

Richard Allen and Taran Gray, the creators of the award-winning FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical will be releasing the 18-song world premiere recording in its entirety on November 19th.

Also this week, San Diego’s Smooth Jazz Festival, a stand-up appearance by George Lopez, a summer choral concert and “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” at the Civic.

In 1961, young volunteers called Freedom Riders faced danger with nonviolent protest as they challenged segregated travel through the South. On Wednesday and Thursday, the 59th anniversary of the ...

Sometimes a song is worth a thousand words." ... The Freedom Riders were also kept separate from the other prisoners of the penitentiary. Stoner says it was not all bad sitting in that room.

Herbert Young was 25 years old in 1961 when he made history busing Freedom Riders through Alabama’s capital city of Montgomery, where an angry mob confronted them. He died on Jan. 2 at age 86 ...