MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where ...
Originally produced as a documentary in 2010. Companion book: Freedom riders: 1961 and the struggle for racial justice / Raymond Arsenault, Oxford University Press, c2011 ; Abridged ed. Based in part ...
B I R M I N G H A M, Ala., May 12 -- Riding into Montgomery to a hero'swelcome Saturday, Ed Blankenheim said he can still remember thehatred on the faces of the men and women who surrounded and ...
Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans ...
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In 1961, 18 ...
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Remembering youngest Freedom Rider Charles Person | Legacy lives on through heroism, activism
The youngest Freedom Rider, Charles Person, died at age 82, his family stated. He left an incredible mark on history and was a hero who risked his life during the Civil Rights Movement. According to ...
ATLANTA — Family and friends gathered Friday to remember the life and legacy of Charles Person, the youngest original Freedom Rider and a civil rights legend. Person died at his home on January 8 in ...
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