In Freedom Riders, Burks says she borrowed a line from ... William Harbour was the oldest of eight children and the first member of his family to go to college. At age 19, while a student at ...

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 ...

who is the only living Freedom Rider. There are 13 original members. The rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality, a civil rights group that championed nonviolent direct action.

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 ...

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

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 play, “Freedom Riders: Our History Revisited” was written by local resident Sharon Ponton. Several cast readers are members of the NAACP. “This play is the true essence of community ...

Born in 1935, Hamilton grew up in Iowa and Colorado. In the early 1960s, she joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), ...

Russell's effort and that of Rilee Rossouw (41 off 30) pushed the Knight Riders to a good total but the bowlers let them down as Freedom's openers set the chase up which eventually ended with six ...