THROUGH THE 15TH IN CELEBRATION OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BIRTHDAY. THE TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS HOSTED FREE ADMISSIONS. HEZEKIAH WATKINS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BEING CELEBRATED TODAY. WATKINS ...

The event was called “Then and Now: What Has Changed?” and had guest speaker Hezekiah Watkins, who is the last surviving Freedom Rider. The Freedom Riders worked during the Civil Rights Movement to ...

A Mississippi man who played an important role in the fight for civil rights is giving students a personal look at what life was like in the segregated South. Now 78 years old, Hezekiah Watkins was ...

MARKHAM, Ill. – A south suburban city council chamber filled with residents for a Black History celebration featuring one of the Freedom Riders who played a role in dismantling segregation in transit ...

My dream is to recreate the Freedom Riders; name them “The Constitution Riders.” Buses wouldn’t terminate their rides in New Orleans, where the Freedom Riders would once dine and discuss at Dooky ...