Today I'll tell you about the Freedom Riders and their fight for equality in bus transportation during the 1960s, along with three other additional history stories making headlines the exact same day.
SOURCES
“Advertisement: Fred’s Dollar Store (Page 4).” The Sun (Jonesboro, Arkansas), May 10, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
“Albatross (1920 Schooner).” Wikipedia, October 24, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(1920_schooner).
“Albatross Is Due Back; To Leave Again.” The Day (New London, Conneticut), August 24, 1960. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “13 Survive Albatross Sinking.” Daily Illini 5 May 1961 - Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections, May 4, 1961. https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19610505.2.54&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------.
Associated Press. “Blast Under Floorboard Shatters Driver’s Leg.” Trenton Sunday Times (Trenton, New Jersey), May 14, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “Captain Tells Of Sea Rescue.” The Evening Star (Washington D. C.), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “Skipper Lauds Boys Feats in Storm As 13 Survive Sinking of Student Ship.” The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “Testing Bus Station Policies ‘Freedom Riders’ Stop In Atlanta.” The Macon News (Macon, Georgia), May 14, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Edwin Albert Bush: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Edwin Albert Bush. Accessed September 27, 2025. https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bush-edwin.htm.
“Bomb Figure to Be Paroled.” The Scranton Times (Scranton, Pennsylvania), May 13, 1963. www.newspapers.com.
Brislin, J. Harold. “Clues to Attempted Murder by Bombing of Auto Sought.” The Scrantonian (Scranton, Pennsylvania), M
“Filming of ‘Squall’ Resurrect Painful Memories for Survivors.” Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, Florida), February 6, 1996. www.newspapers.com.
“Christopher Shelton, 76; Skipper of Ill-Fated Sailing Ship Albatross.” Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2002. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-03-me passings3.2-story.html.
“Edwin Bush.” Wikipedia, August 15, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bush#:~:text=South%20East%20London.-,Murder,dress%20sword%20had%20been%20stolen.
“Freedom Riders National Monument (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service. Accessed September 20, 2025. https://www.nps.gov/frri/index.htm.
“Freedom Riders.” History.com, February 27, 2025. https://www.history.com/articles/freedom-rides.
“Killed Woman To Get Sword.” Leicester Evening Mail (Leicester, Leicestershire, England), May 10, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
“Leicester-Born Woman Murdered.” Leicester Mercury (Leicester, England), March 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Leith, Henrietta. “Area Woman Among 6 Lost As ‘Floating Classroom’ Sinks.” The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 4, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
Nagaishi, Ayano. “Reviving Justice: How Freedom Riders Movement Shaped Future Protests.” The Tennessean(Nashville, Tennessee), May 4, 2021. www.newspapers.com.
Reynolds, Ruth. “They Were ‘Too Nice’ to Be Killers.” Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), April 15, 1962.
“Sarah Molter to Get Parole Next Friday.” The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 11, 1963. www.newspapers.com.
Skoulding, Lucy. “The Chilling Story of the Brutal Killing at a London Curiosity Shop.” My London, February 5, 2021.https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/chilling-story-brutal-killing-london-17043146.
“SV ‘Albatross’. White Squall. Lost at Sea.” YouTube. Accessed September 26, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZbkEgAe7A.
“Testimony Completed In Trial of Mrs. Molter.” The Scranton Times (Scranton, Pennsylvania), December 1, 1961. www.newspapers.com.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
