64 years ago today, on May 25, 1961 (April 11, 1961 in the lunar calendar), anti-apartheid activists in the United States were beaten on a bus. Anti-apartheid protesters jumped on another bus in Montgomery, Alabama on May 25."The situation is very bad, a Montgomery, Alabama police officer said. People from the Black and White Freedom Rider Organization, who opposed the brigade segregation system, were attacked and arrested after they fought against apartheid on intrastate and interstate buses. Racist violence broke out and the entire city's operating mechanisms were disrupted, and angry white thugs, including members of the Ku Klux Klan, gathered in Hogmalay. Governor John Batson imposed martial law in an attempt to quell the riot. In the worst of the riots, more than 1000 whites attacked anti-apartheid protesters on a bus last week. At least 20 people were injured by the thugs with fists and clubs. Car drivers were also subsequently arrested for ignoring the ban, ignoring the ban on this form of protest. The mob also attacked journalists and photographers taking photos at the scene, beating them, smashing cameras and tearing up notebooks. A federal court executive judge was ordered by Attorney General Robert Kennedy to protect a large rally of black religious parties in the city. The Rev. Martin Luther King, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, delivered a speech at the meeting. Despite armed guards guarding the venue, hundreds of white people gathered around the church and shouted insults. Jin Mushuai once said: Black people will "continue to fight for freedom." apartheid. Separate pools, the large and good ones are for white people and the small ones are for people of color.