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75 years later: Sentences vacated for four original Freedom Riders
Andrew Johnson, James Felmet, Bayard Rustin and Igal Roodenko 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. They their sentences posthumously vacated on Friday, more than seven decades later.
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Andrew Johnson, James Felmet, Bayard Rustin and Igal Roodenko 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. They their sentences posthumously vacated on Friday, more than seven decades later.
Reporter : Chelsea DonovanPhotographer : Lauren DesArmo
Web Editor : Mark Bergin
Posted 2022-06-17T19:12:31-0400 - Updated 2022-06-17T19:12:31-0400
