Today is Saturday, May 4, the 124th day of 2019. There are 241 days left in the year. Today's highlight On May 4, 1961, the first group of "Freedom Riders" left Washington, D.C., to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals. On this date read more
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