#Freedom Rides

[petervintonjr]

"If my children are somewhere, I should be where they are and know something about where they are."

Uncharacteristically for someone of her age at the time, Hazel Palmer immersed herself in the 1960's drive for civil rights ...because her children had done so. The mother of eight, Hazel was drawn into the SNCC after five of her children were arrested in Jackson, Miss. as Freedom Riders.

Born in 1922 Mississippi, Hazel worked as an elementary school teacher who was mostly unconnected to --and uninterested in-- current events, but her own children's commitment changed all that. Besides working various grassroots get-out-the-vote initiatives and participating in Freedom Schools, she even taught herself how to drive. Later she sued the city of Jackson, Miss. when it opted to close all of its municipal swimming pools rather than desegregate. While a higher court ultimately upheld the closures, Hazel remained a firm activist and advocate.

In 1964 Hazel took her commitment a little further and was part of the organization/founding of what would become the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), a parallel party that actually represented the interests of Black voters. (See Lesson #51 - Fannie Lou Hamer, Lesson #53 - Ella Baker, and Lesson #112 - Bob Moses, in this trading card series for more about the MFDP and some of its other key founding members.) That year, at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, the DNC's Credentials Committee offered a mere two seats to the MFDP and tacked on the stipulation that they would decide who those delegates would actually be and that those named delegates would be expected to take an oath of party loyalty --unfortunately this was the "compromise" offer. Regretfully the MFDP leadership (including Hazel, who had already annoyed the DNC organizers by leading a spontaneous chorus of "We Shall Overcome" from the convention floor) rejected this offer, and they ultimately went unrepresented. Mississippi went on to be represented by an all-white delegation and the party ultimately nominated the incumbent, President Lyndon Johnson. But this commitment to principle stayed with Hazel, and for the rest of her life she fiercely pushed for reform, voting rights, and ending discriminatory laws and ordinances.

Read a thoroughly engrossing first-person interview with Palmer at: https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ws245qj9293/ws245qj9293.pdf (14-page PDF file)

"I know I'm not free and I don't expect to get free, other than the freedom I feel in myself. It's just a long journey and we've got to keep working."

#blm #black lives matter #womens history month #hazel palmer #sncc #mississippi goddamn #freedom rides #mfdp #core #teachtruth #dothework #showup

[elijones94]

👊🏾✊🏾 “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.” ~ Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) 🇺🇸

#John Lewis #Congressman John Lewis #civil rights activist #United States House of Representatives #United States Congress #5th congressional district of Georgia #Civil Rights Movement #the sixties #the sit in movement #Freedom Rides #Freedom Riders #1963 March on Washington #1965 Selma to Montgomery marches #1965 Bloody Sunday #sncc #Martin Luther King Jr #Fisk University #nonviolence #Congress of Racial Equality (Core) #SRC and VEP #March 2013 #John Lewis: Good Trouble #Bobby Kennedy for President #King In The Wilderness #historical caricature #Black History Month

[awesomehistoryloverblog]

The Forgotten Freedom Riders of 1961

Freedom Riders say goodbye as they leave for Alabama in 1961 During the spring of 1961, both African American and white student activists launched the Freedom Rides.  Their goal was to challenge U.S. segregation on public transportation in the dangerous Deep South. Traveling on buses from Washington, D.C. to Jackson, MS, the Freedom Riders met VIOLENT racial opposition from white mobs in Alabama…

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#Civil rights #Freedom Rides #KKK #Ku Klux Klan #Martin Luther King #MLK #racism #segregation

[itsalla-blrrrr]

#freedom rides #merchants #history #expelled

[boanerges20]

Motolove

#motorcycle #biker girl #wild n sexy #sexy #wild #freedom #adventure #explore #escape #experience speed #racing #ride hard or go home #built for speed #please reblog #moto love #lifestyle

[viridian-pickle]

#photography #luxury #aesthetic #beautiful #lifestyle #adventure #summer #triumph #motorbike #motorcycle #53 #classic #bike #ride #speed #freedom #biker

[freedomkustomrides]

Taco 🌮 Tuesday: Angie Varona

✌🏽🤤🌮

#angie varona #taco🌮tuesday #tattoos and tacos #taco tuesday #freedom kustom rides #freedomkustoms.com

[studioghibelli]

MY FRIENDS! NEW FIC PREVIEW!!!!!!

leather & lace- a joel miller x reader series

chapter one: the silver stallion.

summary: an untamed cowboy and the sheriff's daughter. an outlaw and a goodie two shoes. a hardened piece of leather and a perfect cut of lace. at first glance, you and joel miller are polar opposites, yet somehow fate has managed to tangle you both up in the same spool of yarn.

"You're saying I'm fragile, I try not to be. I search only for something I can't see. I have my own life, and I am stronger than you know."

warnings: violence typical to the wild west, various mentions of death, as historically accurate as my little history (b.a.) heart can handle, the behemoth amount of angst & story line will take precedent over smut but there WILL be a lot of sexual tension and eventual sex, cowboy!joel with a foggy moral compass.

Chapter One: The Silver Stallion

in which our two leading stars meet under unprecedented circumstances.

Chapter Two: Danger and Dread

in which a ransom letter is created, and a transactional companionship begins to blossom.

Chapter Three: The Ramblin’ Man

in which a life is saved, and an old wound is opened.

Chapter Four: From the Gallows

in which a terrible secret is revealed.

Chapter Five: Goodbye, Stranger

in which some truths are just too much to bear.

Chapter Six: Life Eternal

in which some things aren’t meant to be.

If you would like to be added to my tag list for this fic, please let me know!!! I am very excited about this story, as it is a way for me to practice my more serious writing that is based on a plot, rather than just a one shot.

Thank you friends. I love you all xx

#here is a PREVIEW of the new series I have coming!!! #studioghibelli #joel miller x reader #joel miller #joel miller x you #the last of us fic #joel miller the last of us #joel miller x y/n #Cowboy AU #BUCKLE UP COWGIRLS THIS IS GOING TO BE A RIDE OK #i’m talking ANGST #i’m talking BETRAYAL #i’m talking UNBRIDLED FEMALE RAGE #i’m talking the dismissal of societal ROLES AND EMBRACE OF UNBRIDLED FREEDOM #i’m talking ASSLESS CHAPS AMD COWBOY HATS #please join me in this incredible journey my beautiful friends and moots #btw reader has no description at all. as faceless as can be

[motocrunch]

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. - Jim Morrison

#motorsport #vintage motorbikes #moto girls #girl on motorbike #moto love #motorcycle #motorbike #lifestyle #moto adventure #classic bike #moto life #motorcyclelove #beach ride #freedom

[saltytimemachinefestival]

Getting the English Riding Gear On

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#ranch girls #ranch life #ranch #english #horseback riding #country girl #country girls #cowgirl #cowgirls #farm girl #farm girls #outside #outdoors #rural #country #beautiful ass #cutie w a bootie #great butt #nice buns #english riding #English riding hat #hat #cowgirl hat #cowboy culture #long blonde hair #beauty #nature #freedom #beautiful

[skulblorg]

assassin: Join me.

Zoro: No

assassin: Then die!

—

marines: Join me.

Zoro: No

marines: Then suffer!

—

Luffy: Join me!

Zoro: No

Luffy: Okay, I’ll free you and wish you good luck on your dream anyway!

Zoro: …

Zoro: …you crazy bitch, I’m in.

#opla #one piece live action #opla zoro #opla luffy #i appreciate that zoro got recruited differently than in the manga #fits better with the dreams and freedom themes #makes more sense why Zoro is so ride or sie for Luffy #ITS GOOD AAAAAA

[maniccherrygirl]

~Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did, on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art~

#girlblogging #lana del rey #girlhood #lizzy grant #ride lana del rey #nostalgia #western #vintage americana #road trip #sadgirl #melancholia #freedom #americana #summer wine #summer vibes

[mayasaura]

As a former horse girl, I am standing up for horse girl Harrow rights. Sometimes you’re small and from a rural area so you put all your childhood angst into horseback riding. She would have a small black Arabian and they would have a deep unspoken bond, Aragon-style. She deserves a horse bestie.

While I have trouble imagining Harrow going for a hobby that's both athletic and requires a bond of trust with another living being, what are AUs for if not exploring new angles on characters? I support your horse girl Harrow AU. It would good for her, to have a living companion that doesn't understand complex human ideas like war crimes.

#she makes Gideon do all the backbreaking stablework tho lmao #no way Harrow is hauling hay and shoveling shit #her little stick wrists would give out #gideon... now that's a girl I could see loving riding #the way it intuitively engages your whole body the companionship the illusion of freedom in the wind in her hair #she has strong potential as a horse girl #back on the horse girl harrow idea tho.... #Gideon would have such a bond of hatred with that horse #she would call it foul names and be convinced Harrow had trained it to bite her #(she did)

[contemplatingoutlander]

By sending immigrant refugees to northern states on false claims of work and housing, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are mirroring the 1962 playbook of the southern White Citizens’ Council who conducted “Reverse Freedom Rides” protesting desegregation by sending Black citizens to northern cities, with false claims of work and housing.

This is why the GQP is so determined to forbid schools from teaching anything more than a whitewashed American history. 

If one does not know the repeating patterns of history, it is hard to know how to combat what is happening in the present--or how present day actions might be a part of a larger, more threatening movement.

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#gop #republicans #gqp #us politics #immigration #ron desantis #greg abbott #reverse freedom rides #jfk library #us history

[downfalldestiny]

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind 🌄 !.

#Life #Vibes #Saying #Free #Freedom #Bike #Ride #bike riding #Riding #downfalldestiny #downfall #life #magic destinations #magical world #magic moments

[boanerges20]

Built For Speed Ducati 996

#motorcycle #ducati #996 #sport bike #racing #motorsports #classic motorcycle #ride hard or go home #built for speed #experience speed #freedom #wild #please reblog #moto love #lifestyle