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Anniston’s Freedom Riders National Monument honors those who made the trip

The images that survive from the Freedom Riders’ stop in Anniston, Alabama tell a gruesome story of human ... Read more

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Organized nonviolence: How the Freedom Riders operated

CORE and the SNCC followed the path of non-violent direct action to effect change. Dr. Charles Person, one ... Read more

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Freedom Riders 60th Anniversary: Bus rides remembered for changing interstate travel

In February 1946, Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in major league baseball, and his wife, ... Read more

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The Flesh and Blood behind the new civil rights movement

Charles Person took a beating when he was 18 in Anniston, Alabama, the youngest of the Freedom Riders ... Read more