50+ Freedom Riders Attacked In Montgomery Pics. The freedom riders were recruited by civil rights movements or organizations such as the u.s. The violence toward the freedom riders was not quelled—rather, the police abandoned the greyhound bus just before it arrived at the montgomery.
Justice department stepped in and evacuated the activists to their destination of once the activists reached montgomery, though, a mob of more than 1,000 attacked them.
Lewis and his fellow activists were unprotected by the montgomery police on may 20th. On may 20, 1961, the freedom riders were attacked by a local mob at the montgomery greyhound bus station in montgomery, alabama. Nbc correspondent herbert kaplow reported on the next leg of their trip. Freedom riders jimmy mcdonald, left, and hank thomas and regular passenger roberta holmes sit in front of the despite being backed by recent federal rulings that it was unconstitutional to segregate bus riders, the freedom riders met with obstinate resistance — as in birmingham and montgomery.
