Photograph
Freedom Riders Boarding a Bus
| Slightly elevated view of a large group of Freedom Riders carrying food and blankets and boarding three buses to leave Madison bound for Selma, Alabama to join in Civil Rights protests. |
| Image ID: | 137745 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 16 1965 |
| Creator Name: | Stein, Edwin |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Edwin Stein negatives and photographs, 1952-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2709.2540A |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| One of three images. Published in Wisconsin State Journal March 17, 1965. 114 students from Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (FSNCC), boarded the 3 buses bound for Selma, but were diverted to Washington, D.C. when violence broke out in Selma. They were told to bring food because Civil Rights workers could not buy food in the South. |
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| Cities and towns |
| College students |
| Crowds |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Civil rights |
| Buses |
| Streets |
| Travel |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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