Mississippi Civil Rights Project
History of the 82 counties
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The first of two busloads of Freedom Riders – nine African American males, two African American females, and one white female – arrived here from Montgomery, Alabama, on May 25, 1961. When they attempted to use the bus station's white-only facilities, they were arrested for breach of the peace. The fifteen riders on the second bus were arrested as well.
Sources:"Civil Rights Driving Tour of Hinds County"produced by the Associated Press, Tougaloo College, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Mississippi Development Authority (Tourism Division).