Charles Person

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Charles Person is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the youngest original Freedom Riders who challenged segregation in interstate bus travel in the early 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Freedom Rider
civil rights activist
human
advocatedFor desegregation of public transportation
nonviolent protest
racial equality
awardReceived recognition from civil rights and community organizations
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1942
educatedAt Morehouse College
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
gender male
genre civil rights memoir
hasRole public speaker
student activist
influenced later generations of civil rights activists
influencedBy Satyagraha
surface form: Gandhian nonviolence

Martin Luther King Jr.
languageSpoken English
movement American civil rights movement
notableEvent arrest during Freedom Rides
violent attacks faced while challenging segregation
notableFor being one of the youngest original Freedom Riders
challenging segregation in interstate bus travel
notableWork Freedom Rides
surface form: Buses Are a Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider
occupation civil rights activist
participatedIn Freedom Rides
civil rights protests in the early 1960s
placeOfBirth Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
placeOfResidence Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
religion Baptist
spokeAt churches and community organizations
schools and universities about the civil rights movement
subjectOf documentaries on the civil rights movement
interviews about the Freedom Rides
usedMethod freedom rides
nonviolent resistance
sit-ins
wasMemberOf Atlanta Student Movement
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Freedom Rides participant Charles Person