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James "Jim" Zwerg
Civil Rights Activist and Freedom Rider
Pictures

Jim Zwerg and John Lewis
Jim pulling out his teeth after he was beaten at the Montgomery Bus Station only minutes before becoming unconscious.

Burned Freedom Ride Bus.
This is a view of inside a bus the Freedom Riders traveled on. During their ride a mob of whites threw a bomb into one of the windows and it ignited the bus in flames. All of the passengers got off before the bomb detonated.

Jim Zwerg
Jim in the hospital after being beaten by a mob of whites, and police at the Montgomery Bus Station.

Jim Zwerg and John Lewis
Jim pulling out his teeth after he was beaten at the Montgomery Bus Station only minutes before becoming unconscious.
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