When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing ... as an undergraduate at Nashville's American Baptist Theological Seminary.

"He stood firm so that we may be able to experience the joys of freedom. Rest well." The Rev. Al Sharpton said Monday that ...

In life, he was an exemplar of American heroism, civic engagement, and servant leadership.” Leading up to and after the Freedom Riders’ journey, including beatings in Anniston, Montgomery and ...

When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing ... as an undergraduate at Nashville's American Baptist Theological Seminary.

"He stood firm so that we may be able to experience the joys of freedom ... that Person and his fellow riders "tore down the walls of segregation." "Person was an American hero that changed ...

Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In ...