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Jackson honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later


Jackson honors Freedom Rider legacy 60 years later
By Emily Wagster Pettus/The Associated Press • 6 hours ago
JACKSON Mississippi’s capital city is honoring the civil rights activism of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian 60 years after he and other Freedom Riders were arrested upon arrival in Jackson as they challenged segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals across the American South.
After several days in a local jail, the young activists were transferred to Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison, where guards beat Vivian and others one of many times that Vivian faced violence as he worked to dismantle systemic racism and injustice. ....

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C.T. Vivian Day in Jackson: The late iconic Civil Rights warrior's memoirs speak volumes to young organizers


C.T. Vivian Day in Jackson: The late iconic Civil Rights warrior’s memoirs speak volumes to young organizers
C.T. Vivian Day in Jackson: The late iconic Civil Rights warrior’s memoirs speak volumes to young organizers
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Little did the late Rev. C.T. Vivian know that Mississippi’s capital city would one day recognize him with a day in tribute to his Civil Rights legacy as a Freedom Rider. He was arrested May 24, 1961.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, was declared C.T. Vivian’s Day in the City of Jackson, Miss. The proclamation, in part, signed by Mayor Lumumba, reads: “Whereas Reverend Vivian’s efforts brought him to Mississippi as a Freedom Rider in 1961 and as an organizer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s (SNICK) “The Summer Project” for voter registration in 1964, Vivian’s devotion to civil rights extended virtually his entire lifetime from 1924 to 2020, including playing leadership roles in Jackson wher ....

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