Today in History - May 14

On May 14, 1607, English settlers, arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King James I, established the first permanent English settlement in North America at a place they named Jamestown, Virginia.  Continue reading.

On Mother's Day, May 14, 1961, an interracial group of Freedom Riders riding buses through the South was attacked and firebombed by an angry white mob outside of Anniston, Alabama.  Continue reading.

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