First Annual BYOB (Bring Your Own Bike)
Freedom Ride
May 21, 2016

Join us for this FREE 4-mile bike ride leaving from the Freedom Rides Museum, visiting historic sites throughout downtown Montgomery. There will be at least 15 Freedom Riders at the event that participants can meet and speak with about their experience. This will be the largest gathering of Freedom Riders during the 55th Anniversary. Please note some areas of the ride are strenuous. There are different routes for various skill levels. Special T-shirts will be available for purchase.  

When: Saturday, May 21, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM (CDT) - Add to Calendar
Where: Freedom Rides Museum - 210 South Court Street, Montgomery, AL 36104

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(Please note this event is FREE but registration is requested for ride planning purposes)

This coming May marks the 55th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides. As a part of the 55th commemoration, join Dorothy Walker, Director for the Freedom Rides Museum, and MBC for a ride through history. The Freedom Rides Museum is housed inside the historic Greyhound Bus Station which is located at 210 South Court Street in Montgomery.

“The Freedom Ride Bike Ride will take you to several sites in Montgomery that are connected to the history of the Freedom Rides, including the site of the old Trailways Station (next to Alagasco building, First Baptist Church on North Ripley Street, Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Richard Harris Homes on South Jackson Street and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy Home on ASU's campus. The freedom riders arrived in Montgomery on May 20, 1961 to the Greyhound Station where they were attacked. The Freedom Riders left Montgomery on May 24, 1961 from the Trailways Station to continue to the Freedom Ride into Jackson, MS where more than 350 of them would later be arrested and serve time in Parchman Prison.”  ~Dorothy Walker

www.freedomridesmuseum.org