Freedom Rides Anniversary, Day 1: Re-Tracing The Route Begins With Honoring The Past
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NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Budd Mishkin is along for the ride as several dozen city students mark the 50th anniversary of the historic Freedom Rides, in which activists rode busses to the south to combat segregation in the 1960s. This week's trip begin with a visit to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, before the bus headed for its first southern stop in Greensboro, N.C.