ATLANTA (AP) — Charles Person, one of the Civil Rights Movement’s original Freedom Riders, echoed organizers across Georgia when he urged a group of Generation Z and millenial activists to encourage ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi’s youngest Freedom Rider celebrated his birthday while continuing the work he started ...

FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical is coming to City College Center for the Arts in Aaron Davis Hall – Marian Anderson Theater on September 24–25, 2025 at 7 pm. Presented as a staged concert, ...

THROUGH THE 15TH IN CELEBRATION OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BIRTHDAY. THE TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS HOSTED FREE ADMISSIONS. HEZEKIAH WATKINS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BEING CELEBRATED TODAY. WATKINS ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Rep. John Lewis, speaking at the National Archives, describes the Freedom Rides he participated in to Birmingham and Montgomery. In this lesson, ...

He participated in picket lines, sit-ins and Freedom Rides, endured jailings and beatings and stood up to U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

Students applaud Joan Trumpauer-Mulholland and Dion Diamond, who were Freedom Riders and faced violence during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. A documentary about their efforts was shown ...

Presented in a concert format, this musical experience explores the true story of the interracial group of young activists who risked their lives in 1961 to challenge segregation in the American South ...