In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

In Freedom Riders, Burks says she borrowed a line from ... would not pick up their newspaper for breakfast and realize that America is not living up to the dream of liberty and justice for ...

The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

Donation boxes were placed at the American Legion ... direct donations and donations from members of the Freedom Riders-Libby Chapter, 1,271 pounds of non-perishable food were delivered to ...

"Person was an American hero that changed this country, in his name we must fight to not allow the country to retreat in any way toward the rights gained with the bloodshed of the Freedom Riders ...

In life, he was an exemplar of American heroism, civic engagement, and servant leadership.” Leading up to and after the Freedom Riders’ journey, including beatings in Anniston, Montgomery and ...

Charles Person was just 18, a freshman at Morehouse College, when he joined the Freedom Riders movement, boarding a New Orleans-bound Trailways bus in Washington on May 4, 1961.

Freedom Riders, incidentally, rode interstate buses throughout the American South and intentionally experienced racist laws and customs. They were able, by riding together in mixed racial groups ...

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 ...

HE FLEW SOUTH, AND BECAME THE 67TH FREEDOM RIDER, BOARDING A BUS FROM MONTGOMERY ... IT GOT THE CONSCIENCE OF AMERICA TO RESPOND, IT STOPPED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC FACILITIES.” ...

Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who boarded buses to test ... Led Zeppelin Launches Ill-Fated North American Tour NFL Ref Explains Controversial Penalties ...

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 ...