The Montgomery native was among the first Blacks to integrate the Montgomery Area Transit System, where he began working as a bus driver after graduating from Carver High School.
Published:Herbert Young, who bused Freedom Riders protesting the lack of enforcement of Supreme Court rulings that found segregation unconstitutional before establishing several businesses in Montgomery, has died. He was 86.
Young’s role with the Freedom Riders was not his only involvement in Civil Rights Movement history, according to hisThe Montgomery native, who died Jan. 2, was among the first Blacks to integrate the Montgomery Area Transit System, where he began working as a bus driver after graduating from Carver High School.
In his free time, Young drove the Freedom Riders “through ungovernable crowds of protesters to test the validity of the Boynton vs. Virginia court case, during the bus boycott in the 1960s,” his obituary noted. After leaving the transit system, Young attended Northwestern University’s police academy and then served in the Montgomery Police Department for five years.He also established several other businesses, including a beauty salon, car lot, car wash and bus transportation service.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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