PHOTOS: Freedom Riders Bus replica makes stop at Martin Luther King Center

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PHOTOS: Freedom Riders Bus replica makes stop at Martin Luther King Center

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home.

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Before the formal program begins, Melissa James, has a front row view of the restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Dorothy Walker, the director of the Montgomery museum’s mobile extension, greets guests and shares information about the restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Ranger John Jenkins is in the restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Ranger John Jenkins is in the restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display to the public Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 and includes displays of items that would have been with the civil rights leaders. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour and parked on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The restored, vintage replica of the Freedom Riders' 1961 transportation in on display Wednesday, June 23, 2021 on Auburn Ave. near MLK's childhood home. The exhibit is a mobile extension from the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, AL and is now on tour. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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