"Charles was a man of quiet strength, humility, and unwavering resolve. He believed deeply in the power of community, ...

Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. He was the mainstay of the Civil Rights Movement. We have many people here in ...

The Freedom Riders History In the spring of 1961, black and white civil rights activists rode buses to protest the segregationist policies of the Deep South (Marian Holmes, Brian Wolly, Photos ...

Family members have announced the funeral details for the youngest original Freedom Rider and civil rights hero, Charles ...

The victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. One of 436 Freedom Riders in 1961. Credit ...

Charles Person, known as the youngest of the original 13 Freedom Riders, has died at 82. He passed away peacefully at his ...

Charles Person, the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, died last week at his home in Fayetteville. He was 82. ( AJC) ...

More than 60 years ago  a Freedom Rider named  Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting ...

The Freedom Rides demonstrated the power of nonviolent direct action to achieve strategic victory. Along with the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 and the student lunch counter sit-ins of 1960 ...

Charles Person, an original Freedom Rider, died at his home in Fayetteville, Ga., at age 82. A leader in the Civil Right ...