Migrant buses compared to 1962 "Reverse Freedom Rides" of Black Families

The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides'

A Venezuelan migrant reacts as he is led onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on September 16 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides'

(CNN) -- The relocation of about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, initiated last week by Florida's governor, has revived memories of strikingly similar tactics employed by southern segregationists 60 years ago. As news of the relocation spread, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library quickly

The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides'

The relocation of about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, initiated this week by Florida’s governor, has revived memories of strikingly similar tactics employed by southern segregationists 60 years ago.In 1962, a group of conservatives, intent on retaliating against desegregation efforts during the civil rights movement, funded one-way trips to the north for Black citizens, in what they called “R…

The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides'

The relocation of about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, initiated this week by Florida’s governor, has revived memories of strikingly similar tactics employed by southern segregationists 60 years ago. In 1962, a group of conservatives, intent on retaliating against desegregation efforts during the civil rights movement, funded

The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides'

The relocation of about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, initiated this week by Florida’s governor, has revived memories of strikingly similar tactics employed by southern segregationists 60 years ago.In 1962, a group of conservatives, intent on retaliating against desegregation efforts during the civil rights movement, funded one-way trips to the north for Black citizens, in what they called “Reve…

GOP governors migrant relocation efforts mirror 'Reverse Freedom Rides' used by southern segregationists in the 1960s, advocates says

In the 1960s, a southern segregationist group falsely promised hundreds of Black Americans housing and jobs before sending them to northern cities.