Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 5PM
Freedom Riders Anniversary Celebration
Join the Freedom Riders Park Committee in celebration of the Freedom Riders historic journey through our community in May of 1961. Reception and presentations.  Monument updates by the National Park Service; Keynote Presentation: BJ Hollars 
Live street jazz by The Makeshift Band!  Books will be available for purchase.

Freedom Riders National Monument
Greyhound Bus Station
1031 Gurnee Avenue
Anniston, Alabama 

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 12PM
Writing "The Road South: A Behind-the-Scenes Book Talk"
Join Hollars for a behind-the-scenes book talk on the writing and research process that brought the book to life. He'll also share a few never-before-heard excerpts. Books will be available for purchase.  Click here for more.

Tuscaloosa Public Library
1801 Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 6PM
The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders
In the summer of 1961, riders--both black and white--boarded interstate buses to test a pair of Supreme Court rulings related to interstate travel. For their efforts, they were beaten, fire-bombed and imprisoned. Fifty-five years later, former Tuscaloosa resident BJ Hollars retraced portions of their harrowing journey in an attempt to learn the Freedom Riders' personal stories, as well as the lessons they learned along the way. Join Hollars for a reading and conversation from his new book, The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders. Books will be available for purchase.  Click here for more.

Hunter Chapel AME Zion Church
1105 22nd Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Friday, May 18, 2018, 1-5PM
Writing "The Road South: A Behind-the-Scenes Book Talk"
Join Hollars for a behind-the-scenes book talk on the writing and research process that brought the book to life. He'll also share a few never-before-heard excerpts. Books will be available for purchase. 

Judson College
Marion, Alabama

Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10AM
The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders
In the summer of 1961, riders--both black and white--boarded interstate buses to test a pair of Supreme Court rulings related to interstate travel. For their efforts, they were beaten, fire-bombed and imprisoned. Fifty-five years later, former Tuscaloosa resident BJ Hollars retraced portions of their harrowing journey in an attempt to learn the Freedom Riders' personal stories, as well as the lessons they learned along the way. Join Hollars for a reading and conversation from his new book, The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders. Books will be available for purchase.  

Freedom Rides Museum
​210 S Court St, Montgomery, AL 36104