The legacy & lessons of the 1964 Freedom Summer. And what we can learn from it

I WANT TO SHOW YOU A picture. You've seen it before and you may recognize it even if you wish you didn't. This is a photograph taken on May 14th, 1961 in Anniston, Alabama.It's a burned out greyhound bus. It sits on the side of the road. Its windows are completely shattered, completely destroyed.Moments earlier a mob had firebombed this bus. It engulfed the bus in smoke and flames. Inside that bus were young Americans, black and white who had boarded that bus knowing that violence was likely waiting for the ...