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. Though the ...

The Freedom Riders were met with further violence when ... and the riders finished their trip to New Orleans by plane instead of bus. Over the next few months, hundreds of other activists took ...

Alabama Gov. John Patterson refused to guarantee state protection if the group continued on their route to New Orleans, and a bus driver boycott forced the Freedom Riders to fly to New Orleans.

But they could not find another bus willing to take them to New Orleans and had to complete the journey by air. Freedom Riders sit on their luggage at a bus station, Birmingham, Alabama ...

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 ...

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, one of New Orleans' most beloved and legendary ... In the 1950s and 60s, activists (like the Freedom Riders, who challenged segregation laws) and national and local ...

Over the next few hours, more Freedom Riders, including Mr. Peck ... They struggled to find another bus willing to take them to New Orleans. They finally boarded a plane. After a few days of ...