Congressional Gold medal of freedom
Two American heroes are still alive, Charles Person and Hank Thomas. They were two of the 13 original Freedom Riders and need to be recognized by receiving the Congressional Gold Medal which is pending legislation HR 1247. I ask everyone to please go to this website where you can connect to whomever your state representatives and senators are. Let’s make sure this legislation gets passed on to honor these two American heroes…while they are still alive.
Freedom Riders Fund
WHY DONATE TO THE FREEDOM RIDERS FUND?
- We must remember our history!
- Pass it on to generations to follow
- Donations will be split equally between the Freedom Riders Park/Training Institute -Anniston, AL.
- Scholarship to local high school student(s)
- Freedom Riders documentary shown in local high school
- I will match the first $3,000 donations!
This is being done also to honor Charles Person and Hank Thomas; two of the original 13 Freedom Riders who are still with us. True American Heroes!
Buses are A Comin'
A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.
At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists--including future Congressman John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality Director James Farmer, Reverend Benjamin Elton Cox, journalist and pacifist James Peck, and CORE field secretary Genevieve Hughes--set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide.
