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 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 ...

Today, Harbour acts as the unofficial archivist of the Freedom Rider Movement. He moved to Atlanta, GA in 1969. One of two women participants in the original 13-person Congress of Racial Equality ...

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 ...

After listing the Freedom Rides Museum as 'up for sale' last week, DOGE has made a decision on whether to keep the historic site.

She said the late John Lewis, a civil rights activist and longtime congressman from Georgia and one of the 13 original Freedom Riders, was an inspiration in her life. In recent years Ponton was a ...

On May 4, 1961, a bus carrying black and white anti-segregation activists called the Freedom Riders rolled into Alabama and was immediately attacked by members of the KKK. This event was captured ...

AT 85, HIS PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE HASN’T WANED in the 60 years since HE WAS ARRESTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE FREEDOM RIDES IN 1961. GLEASON BECAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER, MOVED TO CHICAGO AND ...

The building itself also shows "how buildings were designed for racial segregation," according to the Freedom Rides Museum. Though the original list has been removed from the GSA's website ...

Today, Harbour acts as the unofficial archivist of the Freedom Rider Movement. He moved to Atlanta, GA in 1969. One of two women participants in the original 13-person Congress of Racial Equality ...

As USA Today previously reported, several properties on the original list of 443 are either ... which is home to the Freedom Riders Museum, was also included on the list. After releasing the ...