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 his obituary.

The 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.

Young went on to found Young’s Limousine, which operated for more than 30 years.

He also established several other businesses, including a beauty salon, car lot, car wash and bus transportation service.

“Throughout his life, Herbert continued to break barriers,” Young’s obituary stated.