Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in Selma that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died ...

The civil rights pioneer Bernard Lafayette, who joined Freedom Rides and fought for voting rights in the Jim Crow South, has died at the age of 85. In the 1960s, Lafayette was a member of the Student ...

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 ...

Rep. Terri Sewell and Rep. Shomari Figures are trying to preserve a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement. Alabama Representatives are taking action to prevent the possible sale of the Freedom Rides ...

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

After a mob attacked a bus with protesters in Alabama in 1961, hundreds more joined the cause. Bettmann / Corbis On Sunday, May 14, 1961—Mother's Day—scores of angry white people blocked a Greyhound ...

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer who inspired the “Freedom Rides," has died at the age of 83. Former Alabama state Sen. Hank Sanders confirmed Boynton's passing Tuesday.