Civil Rights photos re-discovered by the Birmingham News

May 17, 1961: A Greyhound bus driver faces passengers waiting at the Birmingham Greyhound station as Freedom Riders are held aside by Birmingham police. Birmingham News FILE Photo.

Today's Post has an AP story about a cache of Birmingham (Alabama) News, civil rights era photos found in an old closet. The newspaper website has a much longer story and a number of photo galleries online, including a number of chilling photos on a Ku Klux Klan rally. (The Post article ran three of the photos, there are many more.)

Check them out.

May 19, 1961: Jim Zwerg opens the door for fellow Freedom Rider Paul Brooks as they enter the Birmingham Greyhound Station. Zwerg and Brooks were arrested coming into Birmingham from Nashville.NEWS FILE.

May 24-25, 1961: National Guard troops protect a Trailways bus near the Mississippi state line as it travels from Montgomery to Jackson on Highway 80 near Cuba. The troops were called out after prolonged violence in Montgomery. NEWS FILE/NORMAN DEAN

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