The third thing that I would want people to know about ... of contouring what freedom meant for themselves and their Black brothers and sisters. They were constantly making connections, both ...

For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story is incomplete. What is far less known is that the majority of enslaved ...

Person and the other Black Freedom Riders to move to the back. When he refused, he was punched, kicked and dragged to the rear along with other riders. A police officer did nothing to halt the ...

Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In ...

The group would pair a white Rider and Black rider together and have them try the facilities at stops along the route. Charles Person, one of the original 13 Freedom Riders, commented from his ...