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Welcome to the Freedom Riders mural at the Wells Fargo Tower Motor Bank in Birmingham, Alabama. This location – a former Trailways bus depot, is today a civil rights landmark honoring activists known as the Freedom Riders. Read more at https://stories.wf.com/wells-fargo-mu... Transcript: Welcome to the Freedom Riders mural at the Wells Fargo Tower Motor Bank in Birmingham, Alabama. This location, a former Trailways bus depot, is today a civil rights landmark honoring activists known as the Freedom Riders. The Freedom Riders traveled by bus through the American South to protest segregated bus terminals and other facilities used for interstate travel. The Freedom Rides were organized by James Farmer, director of the Congress of Racial Equality. The organization, known as CORE, was dedicated to ending racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent direct action. Between May and November of 1961, more than 400 people joined the 60-plus Freedom Rides on busses that crisscrossed the South. This image, from May 4th, shows James Farmer and members of CORE with a map of the route to challenge segregation in bus terminals, restaurants and restrooms in the South. On May 14th, the first bus arrived in Anniston, Alabama, and was firebombed. Riders were violently attacked. That same day, passengers on a second bus arrived at the Trailways bus depot in Birmingham. Passengers including James Peck and Charles Person faced violent attacks. Well, after we had found out the bus, the Greyhound bus had been set on fire. We knew that they were capable of anything. We were on the very first seat, on the bus, on the right hand side when we refused to go then that really made them angry and they want to move us back. And they punched it and forced us towards the back of the bus. It was eight of them. We were outnumbered and it was frustrating for them because, like, we didn't fight back. Their level of violence escalated when James Peck and Dr. Bergman came to our rescue. That really made him angry to think the white men would rescue these students. And that's why they, I think they beat James in the Dr. Bergman so ferociously because they came to our aid. On May 15th, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and Freedom Riders discussed plans at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Birmingham. The violence from the prior day was so serious that it threatened to prematurely end their entire campaign, refusing to surrender, students from Nashville, Tennessee traveled to Birmingham to join the Freedom Riders campaign. Nine courageous students, including Catherine Burks-Brooks, were arrested in Birmingham and taken back to the Tennessee state line on May 17. We thought that the rise it should continue. We had desegregated Nashville and we thought that Blacks should have a say on what they ride on and where they ride to. The rides finally resumed on May 20th, when a Greyhound bus departed from Montgomery with police escort. Faced with more violence in Montgomery, Freedom Riders, including Hank Thomas, sought protection at a safe house. The Freedom Rides and the other acts, what helped change this country. Sixty years ago, we were doing things that made it possible for us to have the Black man as President, a Black woman, as Vice President, the whole situation with reference to Black folks today is a world of difference. Freedom Rides continued through the summer and federal regulations, banned segregation for interstate travel in November 1961. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 further outlawed discrimination and segregation in public facilities throughout the United States. Thank you to all the courageous Freedom Riders of 1961 and especially Catherine Burks-Brooks, Charles Person and Hank Thomas for their contributions to this mural and video tour.