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 ...
Every holiday season, the Libby Food Pantry distributes a large amount of their stock to our local community. Knowing that they start running incredibly low in commodities, the Freedom Riders, LoD — ...
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 ...
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...
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.
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 ...
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.
By Clay Risen Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Ala., in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate bus terminals across the ...