Born in 1935, Hamilton grew up in Iowa and Colorado. In the early 1960s, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), ...

On May 30, 1961, she arrived in ackson, MS as part of the first group of eight Freedom Riders from New Orleans, LA to conduct tests at a railway terminal. When they attempted to use the white ...

Alabama Gov. John Patterson refused to guarantee state protection if the group continued on their route to New Orleans, and a bus driver boycott forced the Freedom Riders to fly to New Orleans.

A south suburban city council chamber filled with residents for a Black History celebration featuring one of the Freedom Riders ... tried to buy bus tickets to New Orleans at Trailway Bus Station ...