Mark Twain Library in Redding is hosting a program tonight called The Freedom Riders - American Heroes In Their Own Words.  Redding, Easton and Weston are co-hosting the community program.  It's a live, virtual conversation with freedom riders Joan Browning and Dion Diamond. The first Freedom Ride began on May 4, 1961, when seven Black and six white riders left Washington, D.C. on two public buses bound for the Deep South. The riders intended to test whether the southern states would enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling that declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations unconstitutional. The initial ride led to countless Americans joining the Civil Rights movement. Browning and Diamond were on the early freedom rides.  The live stream is at 7:30pm.