created by greed-man on 06/03/2025 at 17:15 UTC
239 upvotes, 18 top-level comments (showing 18)
Comment by Boxofmagnets at 06/03/2025 at 17:17 UTC
140 upvotes, 2 direct replies
People should do a sit in to call attention to this
Comment by FelixMcGill at 06/03/2025 at 18:37 UTC
147 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So protect Confederate bullshit, delete Civil Rights history. Got it.
It's almost like there's some agenda at play.
Comment by greed-man at 06/03/2025 at 17:23 UTC
57 upvotes, 0 direct replies
"The Montgomery Bus Station, the site where Freedom Riders were attacked by white supremacists in 1961, is owned by the federal government’s General Services Administration. As part of a nationwide cost cutting initiative undertaken by Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, a number of federally owned buildings have been listed for sale, including the bus terminal building.
An employee at the museum told APR on Wednesday that it wasn’t yet clear whether the building would be sold, and if so, what that meant for the museum, since no one from GSA had contacted the employees either before or after listing the property. The museum leases the building from GSA."
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The bus station is significant only in its relationship to the events of the single day of May 20, 1961. The building had a door labelled "Colored Entrance"; African Americans entered through it directly into the bus bay, accessing interior of the segregated terminal from the rear.
After the attacks in Anniston and other places, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy intervened, and demanded that the State Police escort and protect the riders, and Floyd Mann, Director, agreed to do so.
But the riders were left unescorted by the state troopers as they reached Montgomery[1] city limits, and arrived at the bus station at 10:23 AM. There they were met by a crowd of violent white protesters, including women and children. Several were injured in the attack, including Robert Kennedy's assistant John Seigenthaler, who had followed the bus in his car: attempting to rescue two white female riders, he was hit over the head with a metal pipe and "lay unconscious on the ground for half an hour."^([8])[2] Floyd Mann[3], who had stationed his troopers a few blocks away despite lacking jurisdiction, stepped in to protect William Barbee[4], who was to remain paralyzed and died an early death as a result of his beating. Mann fired his gun in the air, yelling, "'There'll be no killing here today.' A white attacker raised his bat for a final blow" at an unconscious Jim Zwerg[5] who was accompanied by John Lewis[6]. Mann put his gun to the man's head. "One more swing," he said, "and you're dead." Mann's troopers soon arrived at the terminal to restore order.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Rides_Museum#cite_note-schlesinger-8
3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mann
4: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Barbee&action=edit&redlink=1
5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Zwerg
6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis
It was later determined that the Alabama Dept of Public Safety, under Floyd Mann, had told the local KKK that they had 15 minutes to do whatever mayhem they wished, and then they would step in. The exact same time frame was given to the KKK in Anniston.
Comment by Comprehensive-Lie899 at 06/03/2025 at 21:53 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
History is easier to erase than owning up to it because your ancestors did some fucked up shit.the victor tells the story.i remember as a kid the teachers taught us cristopher colombus discovered america.i got in trouble because i asked "how can you discover something if someone else is already there".she turned pink asf and sent me to the office
Comment by WangChiEnjoysNature at 06/03/2025 at 19:17 UTC
31 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Didn't these same hicks cry about civil war traitor scumbag statues not too long ago?
Guess some history is ok to erase
Comment by ChuckXRP at 06/03/2025 at 18:34 UTC
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Sad to see these moments of history being wiped away.
Comment by 3vgw at 06/03/2025 at 21:38 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Elon musk needs to be put back in South African or mysteriously vanish. The racists love this
Comment by SippinPip at 06/03/2025 at 22:05 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don’t think this is going to end well for them.
Comment by Conscious_Border5871 at 07/03/2025 at 03:42 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don't know anyone personally, but wealthy folks in Alabama could totally help stop this. I've heard Tyler Perry, who lives in Georgia, has helped people out a bunch.
Comment by Rich_Piece6536 at 06/03/2025 at 22:43 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The generation that attacked the Freedom Riders staying in power until they’re buried, doing everything to undo all the progress of the last fifty years.
Comment by Swansta at 07/03/2025 at 02:34 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Once again how is a non-government agency ordering federal property to be sold. Hell, the City of Montgomery should buy it and protect it.
Comment by blacPanther55 at 07/03/2025 at 23:08 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Elon Musk is a racist POS that is intentionally doing this.
Comment by Vegetable_Virus7603 at 08/03/2025 at 15:22 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Ok, so... the city can just buy it. Or one of the local families.
Comment by Comprehensive-Lie899 at 06/03/2025 at 21:55 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Its nothing new.certain "people" have been stealing,raping and murdering since the begining of time.then make laws saying its illegal for you to do it.
Comment by JerichoMassey at 10/03/2025 at 16:06 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So can we buy it and keep it a museum?
Comment by Lifeinthesc at 07/03/2025 at 03:47 UTC
-3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The State can pick it up if they want too.
Comment by Educational_Speech58 at 07/03/2025 at 03:52 UTC
-9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Turn it over to a privet company sale it off to the public
Comment by Deaconbluez5349 at 06/03/2025 at 21:06 UTC
-24 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The museum isn’t going anywhere, the lease is more than likely to be sold to a private entity, probably the Equal Justice Initiative, which own 75% of downtown Montgomery anyways.
No need to panic and arrange sit in, this is a formality and not erasing anything.