Printer-friendly versionGeorgia congressman John Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders, discusses what inspired him and his friends to challenge segregation by boarding buses across the South in 1961. (NBC Today, May 12, 2001)
Georgia congressman John Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders, discusses what inspired him and his friends to challenge segregation by boarding buses across the South in 1961. (NBC Today, May 12, 2001)
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