The Voices of Civil Rights Bus Tour visited 39 cities in 22 states, beginning in Washington, D.C., on August 3. The bus traveled part of the route of the 1961 Freedom Riders, stopping at historic sites along the way from Virginia to as far west as California, north to Milwaukee, and on to historic Topeka, Kansas. Nearly 200,000 people attended Voices of Civil Rights events in their communities and thousands shared their personal stories about the quest for equality in America.

A team of award-winning journalists traveled the entire route. Read their personal reports from the road on the journal page. Then view photographs of the people and special commemorative events that made up the tour, by award-winning photojournalist Lester Sloan.

The History Channel also filmed the tour for its documentary Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights. View some of the History Channel's footage on the video page.

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