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The demands were posted to the Iowa Freedom Riders' Instagram account shortly after Monday's protests, which drew more than 400 people to the Pentacrest and in a march through downtown Iowa City.
In 1961, the Freedom Riders embarked on a journey to change America as they resolved to ride buses from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans while testing how integrated Southern bus stations actually ...
The list included the Montgomery Bus Station, a historical site that houses the Freedom Rides Museum. The fate of the Montgomery Bus Station remains unclear, but U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell and ...
Miller Green was a Freedom Rider, a group that challenged segregation on interstate transit in the face of violence and arrest. "I would say it was the greatest moment of my life, because I saw ...
Knowing that they start running incredibly low in commodities, the Freedom Riders, LoD — Libby Chapter decided to help by starting a food drive within the Libby and Troy communities to gather ...
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 ...
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.
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 of the original 13 Freedom Riders, has died at 82. Person was only 18 when he joined. In 1961, the Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in the deep South by ...