When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United States in front of the world, Abernathy responded, "Well, doesn't the ...
Charles Person, the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders, passed away at 82 in Fayetteville. At 18, Person joined ...
When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United States in front of the world, Abernathy responded, "Well, doesn't the ...
Freedom Ride ...
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 ...
Gomeroi man Uncle Wayne Nean reflects on the day he met a remarkable group of students who had driven to regional NSW to stand up to racism: The Freedom Riders.
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. In ...
About the Album: World premiere recording of Richard Allen and Taran Gray's score for award-winning NYMF musical. Cast includes Brynn Williams, Anthony Chatmon II, Deon’te Goodman, Payson Lewis ...
ATLANTA — Family members have announced the funeral details for the youngest original Freedom Rider and civil rights hero, ...
Charles Person, who has died aged 82, was the youngest of the civil rights activists – seven black and six white Americans – who in 1961 braved hostile US sheriffs and howling Ku Klux Klan-inspired ...
Mirror photo by William Kibler John Roseberry (from left) speaks with his son, Doug Roseberry, Phil Hess and John Harlow at the announcement of the national VA’s 2022 American Spirit ...
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.