Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 8, Charles Person, an original Freedom Rider, died at his home in Fayetteville, Ga., at age 82. A leader in the Civil ...

The youngest Freedom Rider, Charles Person, died at age 82, his family stated. He left an incredible mark on history and was ...

During the NLC Convention, the Freedom Rider told young leaders to vote because the future is in their hands. During the 2024 New Leaders Council Convention, Charles Person, the youngest member to ...

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 ...

“Let’s burn them [racial epithet] alive,” so begins the harrowing and inspirational tale of Buses Are A Comin’, Memoir of a Freedom Rider, written by Atlanta’s Charles Person. In May of 1961, an ...

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 ...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Charles Person explains what it was like to be the youngest member of the interracial group of Civil Rights activists who rode buses through the ...

Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In 1961, 18 ...