A new exhibit at the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Ala. has ties to the Northland. A restored bus – the same model as the one that was firebombed in Anniston, Ala., during the Freedom Rides on May 14, 1961 – was unveiled last week in commemoration of the pivotal Civil Rights Movement event. The bus had been donated to the Alabama museum by the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minn., whose volunteer bus enthusiasts searched arduously to find an exact match.
“Simply Superior” host Robin Washington speaks with Freedom Rides Museum executive director Dorothy Walker and Greyhound Bus Museum executive director and former state Sen. Ron Dicklich and about the bus, its journeys and the significance of the Freedom Rides.
This week’s show also features singer-songwriter Danny Frank, who is also director of UW-Superior’s TRiO program for disadvantaged students and a former Outdoors Education Professor at Northland College. Rounding out the show is a look back at the week’s news. Washington is joined by WPR reporter Danielle Kaeding and the Star Tribune’s Brooks Johnson for a review of the biggest news moments of the past week.
Episode Credits
- Robin Washington Host
- Paul Damberg Producer
- Dorothy Walker Guest
- Ron Dicklich Guest
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