Unpublished. In a safe house in Montgomery, Alabama, Freedom Riders relax, regroup, and heal in May 1961.Check out the bandage on the back of the guy's head. Over the next three days, more volunteers would arrive from Nashville, New Orleans, and Atlanta to join the Rides, replacing those who had dropped off. The next stop was daunting — Jackson, Mississippi — but in this brief respite, they played cards, savored cigarettes, and listened to Ella Fitzgerald records.
