Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders <\/p>\n
Five decades after the Freedom Riders put their lives on the line for dignity and equal rights, LIFE.com presents photos made by Schutzer during that heady era in American history. Here are images charting a pivotal moment in the historic journey of Dr. King himself and in the nation-changing movement he led, from the monuments of Washington to the highways, rural roads, churches and bus depots of the Jim Crow Deep South. Learn more in the full gallery at Life.com. <\/p>\n
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Martin Luther King Jr. encourages freedom riders as they board a bus for Jackson, Miss., 1961. <\/p>\n
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White segregationists hurl stones at a bus carrying freedom riders in Mississippi. <\/p>\n
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Freedom riders on a bus in the Deep South. <\/p>\n
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