It’s April 11th. This day in 1962, ads are appearing in Louisiana newspapers offering one-way bus rides to northern cities for Black southerners.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the plan on the part of the racist Louisiana Citizens Council to mount “reverse freedom rides,” shipping Black southerners to northern cities.
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