One group, The Congress of Racial Equality, would tackle segregation head on with its bold series of freedom rides in 1961. We had these mixed groups of black and white activists were traveling ...

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 ...

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He also attended Morehouse College. He had aspirations of becoming a scientist. The Freedom Rides began on May 4, 1961, and continued throughout the year. They eventually included hundreds of ...

Charles Person was just 18, a freshman at Morehouse College, when he joined the Freedom Riders movement, boarding a New Orleans-bound Trailways bus in Washington on May 4, 1961.

Mr. Gaither, who went on to play an important role in the 1961 Freedom Rides, died on Dec. 23 at his home in Prospect, Pa., north of Pittsburgh, his family said. He was 86. A little-sung catalyst ...

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.

Anyone can vote in Georgia's party primary elections. Republicans want to change that, arguing people outside of their party shouldn't help pick their nominees.