Charles Person, the youngest of the original 13 Freedom Riders, has died at 82. Person was only 18 when he joined. In 1961, the Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in the deep South by riding ...

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 ...

The youngest of the Freedom Riders, Charles Person, has died at 82. Person was one of 13 original Freedom Riders who risked their lives, frequently coming under violent attack, as they traveled across ...

Charles Person died on Jan. 8. As the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, he played a pivotal role in challenging segregation and advancing civil rights. In a powerful interview with reporter ...

B I R M I N G H A M, Ala., May 12 -- Riding into Montgomery to a hero'swelcome Saturday, Ed Blankenheim said he can still remember thehatred on the faces of the men and women who surrounded and ...

The event was called “Then and Now: What Has Changed?” and had guest speaker Hezekiah Watkins, who is the last surviving Freedom Rider. The Freedom Riders worked during the Civil Rights Movement to ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. He was the mainstay of the Civil Rights Movement. We have ...

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On Jan. 8, Charles Person, an original Freedom Rider, died at his home in Fayetteville, Ga., at age 82. A leader in the Civil Right Movement, Person had visited Anniston several times and came to ...