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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws had their convictions posthumously vacated Friday, more than seven decades later.
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom
‘We failed these men,’ said the judge who vacated the convictions of Igal Roodenko, Joe Felmet, Bayard Rustin and Andy Johnson.
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws had their convictions posthumously vacated Friday, more than seven decades later. “We failed these men,” said Superior Court Judge…
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men had their sentences vacated posthumously. They were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after launching the