One group, The Congress of Racial Equality, would tackle segregation head on with its bold series of freedom rides in 1961. We had these mixed groups of black and white activists were traveling ...

Charles Person, the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders, passed away at 82 in Fayetteville. At 18, Person joined the Freedom Riders, facing violence to challenge racial segregation in the ...

Every holiday season, the Libby Food Pantry distributes a large amount of their stock to our local community. Knowing that they start running incredibly low in commodities, the Freedom Riders, LoD — ...

Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied, and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the Civil Rights Movement gain ...

Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82.

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Click here to view the funeral. Family members have announced the funeral details for the youngest original Freedom Rider and civil rights hero, Charles Person, on Monday. According to his family ...

Anyone can vote in Georgia's party primary elections. Republicans want to change that, arguing people outside of their party shouldn't help pick their nominees.

On Jan. 8, Charles Person, an original Freedom Rider, died at his home in Fayetteville, Ga., at age 82. A leader in the Civil Right Movement, Person had visited Anniston several times and came to ...