by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 21, 2026 | Press Coverage
Decades after mob violence brutally interrupted the 1961 Freedom Rides in eastern Alabama, a national coalition is returning to the roads with a renewed mission centered on the ballot box. “The Ride,”… Read Full Article
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 21, 2026 | Press Coverage
Sixty-five years after the “Freedom Riders” boarded buses in Washington, to New Orleans in the fight against segregation, a coalition of faith and civic groups are following the same route for a 12-state trip over eight days. Robbie Thomas, daughter of Henry “Hank”...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 21, 2026 | Press Coverage
More than six decades after courageous young activists boarded buses in Washington, D.C., to challenge segregation in the South, a new generation of Freedom Riders is taking off on a journey of their own to remind Americans that the struggle for equality, justice and...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 20, 2026 | Emails
We owe them our democracy — and we owe it to them to take this journey. Friends, We’ve been on The Ride for two days. Leaving the old Greyhound station in D.C., where the original Freedom Riders boarded in 1961, put the stakes of this journey into focus...
by Vote Common Good Team | Oct 20, 2026 | Press Coverage
Sixty-five years after the original Freedom Rides, a national bus tour is retracing the historic route through the South to encourage voter turnout ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “The Ride” comes to Anniston on Oct. 24. Read Full Article
