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 momentum ...

Originally produced as a documentary in 2010. Companion book: Freedom riders: 1961 and the struggle for racial justice / Raymond Arsenault, Oxford University Press, c2011 ; Abridged ed. Based in part ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — Editor's Note: The memorial services for Charles Person were pushed back due to the weather. The new details are below. Click here to view the funeral. Family members have announced the ...

He was bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961 as he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms. Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original ...