He conducted workshops on nonviolent resistance while the Freedom Riders spent several days holed up in the Montgomery, AL home of Dr. Richard Harris. During an impromptu press conference on the ...

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.

He conducted workshops on nonviolent resistance while the Freedom Riders spent several days holed up in the Montgomery, AL home of Dr. Richard Harris. During an impromptu press conference on the ...

It was not about me.” Person and the original Freedom Riders were met with violent resistance in Alabama on May 14, 1961. One bus was firebombed in Anniston, Alabama, by a white mob. Person ...

Meet the 13 original Freedom Riders who changed travel in the South Person and the original Freedom Riders were met with violent resistance in Alabama on May 14, 1961. One bus was firebombed in ...