Youngest original ‘Freedom Rider’ dies in Fayetteville at 82

Charles Person, the youngest of the original 13 Freedom Riders, has died at 82. Person was only 18 when he joined. In 1961, the Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in the deep South by riding interstate buses into segregated areas. The original group consisted of 13 Black and white people, including former Georgia Rep. John Lewis.

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