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Freedom Riders celebrate their 50th anniversary
By: Guy Mattias
Warung Bebas Videos
(WXYZ) - "The Klansmen had 15 minutes, the badge gave them 15 or 20 account to assignment over the Freedom Riders afore the badge would footfall aback in," recalls Richard Gleason who 50 years ago was a adolescent Christian abbot active an beat affairs on Chicago's South Side back he acquainted accountable to accompany the Freedom Riders movement.
"I went down because I believed that if Jesus was walking the Earth, he would have been there, and that's what got me going," he says.
Gleason appeared on Oprah, as she commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders.
"We were on the same bus as other passengers, and when we got to Jackson, my goal was to get to the colored waiting room to integrate that. And when that happened, we got arrested," says Gleason.
In 1961,John Hardy was a student at Tennessee State University and a Freedom Riders field organizer.
"Because we were there, we were now trespassing and we were arrested, marched outside, put in the paddy wagons and taken downtown to the Nashville jail," recalls Hardy.
Both men believe the Freedom Riders movement was one of the most significant moments in the history of civil rights.
"In order to have anything you wanted, you had to fight for it, you had to stand up for your rights." says Hardy, "Our cause was worthy and justified. I am a citizen of this country."
Gleason appeared on Oprah, as she commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders.
"We were on the same bus as other passengers, and when we got to Jackson, my goal was to get to the colored waiting room to integrate that. And when that happened, we got arrested," says Gleason.
In 1961,John Hardy was a student at Tennessee State University and a Freedom Riders field organizer.
"Because we were there, we were now trespassing and we were arrested, marched outside, put in the paddy wagons and taken downtown to the Nashville jail," recalls Hardy.
Both men believe the Freedom Riders movement was one of the most significant moments in the history of civil rights.
"In order to have anything you wanted, you had to fight for it, you had to stand up for your rights." says Hardy, "Our cause was worthy and justified. I am a citizen of this country."
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