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Jackson honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later


Jackson honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later
By Emily Wagster Pettus/The Associated Press • 6 hours ago
JACKSON Mississippi’s capital city is honoring the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other Freedom Riders were arrested upon arrival in Jackson as they challenged segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals across the American South.
After several days in a local jail, the young activists were transferred to Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison, where guards beat Vivian and others one of many times that Vivian faced violence as he worked to dismantle systemic racism and injustice. ....

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Denise Morse laughs as she recalls a story about her father, the late C.T. Vivian, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi s capital city honored the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other Freedom Riders were arrested upon arrival in Jackson as they challenged segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals across the American South. Jackson s current mayor declared Wednesday as C.T. Vivian Day. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
May 26, 2021 - 10:35 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi s capital city is honoring the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other Freedom Riders were arrested upon arrival in Jackson as they challenged segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals across the American South. ....

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