A group of 1961 “Freedom Riders” and their descendants spent this election season retracing the historic Civil Rights bus trip from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans.
Trip organizers say they strategically scheduled the commemorative bus ride before the Nov. 3 midterm election, with stops at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
It was hard to miss the sleek, black tour bus with “The Ride” plastered across the back, when it pulled onto the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. One of the “Freedom Riders” sitting up front was 81-year-old Alfonso Petway…