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Roster of Freedom Riders Appendix: Roster of Freedom Riders Journey of Reconciliation — April 9–23, 1947 Name Race Sex Age Residence Occupation or Status ADAMS, LOUIS W M Greensboro, NC Methodist minister; FOR BANKS, DENNISadf B M 20 Chicago, IL Jazz musician BROMLEY, ERNESTc W M 35 Stonewall, NC Methodist minister; FOR Born March 14, 1912. In 1991 he and 4 others were arrested for illegal entry and aiding and abetting the destruction of public property after scaling the fence surrounding the White House and pouring red dye in a fountain to protest the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. Died in Boston after a long battle with cancer on December 17, 1997, at the age of 85. FELMET, JOSEPH W M 25 Asheville, NC Labor activist, Southern Workers Defense League Born in Asheville, NC, on May 31, 1921. Longtime labor journalist. Ran unsuccessfully for Congress (NC) in 1976 and for the U.S. Senate (NC) in 1978. Died in Winston-Salem, NC, on September 20, 1994, at the age of 73. HOUSER, GEORGEdgij W M 31 New York, NY FOR activist; CORE executive secretary See chapters 1 and 2. Born in Cleveland, OH, on June 2, 1916. Co-founder of American Committee on Africa. Currently lives in Pomona, NY. JACK, HOMERh W M 31 Chicago, IL Unitarian minister; CORE founder Co-founder and associate director of the American Committee on Africa (1959–1960); co- founder and executive director of the National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy (1960– 1964); secretary-general of the NY–based World Conference on Religion and Peace (1970–1983). Died on August 5, 1993, in Swarthmore, PA. JOHNSON, ANDREW S. B M 21 Cincinnati, OH Law student, Univ. of Cincinnati LYNN, CONRAD B M 39 New York, NY Attorney Civil rights attorney who initiated a legal action to desegregate the U.S. armed forces. He later represented Puerto Rican nationalists, Vietnam War resisters, Robert Williams and the 534 Appendix: Roster of Freedom Riders Monroe, NC, NAACP, and H. Rap Brown of the Black Panthers, among other controversial clients. Practiced law until the age of 87. Died on November 16, 1995. NELSON, WALLACEgj B M 38 Columbus, OH FOR peace activist; lecturer Born in Arkansas in 1909. Son of a minister. Jailed twice as a conscientious objector during World War II. CORE’s first field secretary, but refused to follow CORE policy of banning suspected Communists from the organization. He and his wife, Juanita, later lived on an organic farm in Deerfield, MA, without a phone or electricity. Died after a long battle with cancer in May 2002, at the age of 93. PECK, JAMESbf W M 32 Stamford, CT Editor, Workers Defense League News Bulletin See chapters 1–5 and epilogue. See also his three books: We Who Would Not Kill, Freedom Ride, and Underdogs vs. Upperdogs. Died July 12, 1993, at the age of 78. RANDLE, WORTHb W M 31 Cincinnati, OH Biologist Born on December 2, 1915. Noted naturalist and ornithologist; author of The Birds of Southwestern Ohio (1953). Died in Watertown, NY, in June 1968, at the age of 52. ROODENKO, IGALe W M 30 New York, NY Printer; horticulturist Born on February 8, 1917. Son of Ukranian Jewish immigrants. A lifelong pacifist who organized protests against U.S. military involvement in Vietnam as early as 1963. Following multiple arrests related to his anti-war stance, he was deported from Poland in 1987. Died of a heart attack on April 28, 1991, in New York City, at the age of 74. RUSTIN, BAYARD B M 35 New York, NY FOR and AFSC activist; CORE field secretary See chapters 1 and 2 and D’Emilio, Lost Prophet. Died in New York City on August 24, 1987, at the age of 75. STANLEY, EUGENE B M 30 Greensboro, NC Agronomy instructor, North Carolina A&T College Born in Ohio on November 3, 1916. Graduate of Ohio State Univ. (M.Ed, 1946). Leader of the Vanguard League, a Columbus, OH, civil rights organization that merged with CORE in the mid-1940s. Died on January 24, 1992, at the age of 75. WORTHY, WILLIAMcei B M 25 New York, NY Journalist; New York Council for a Permanent FEPC Journalist and foreign correspondent for both the Baltimore Afro-American and CBS News. Worthy traveled to China in 1956–1957 despite a U.S. travel ban. After traveling to Cuba in 1961 without a passport, he received a prison sentence, but the decision was overturned in 1964. CBS correspondent in Iran in 1981. Currently a research fellow at Howard Univ. See also chapter 2. WRIGHT, NATHANh B M 23 Cincinnati, OH Church social worker; Cincinnati CORE chairman Episcopal minister and scholar. Chairman of the 1967 National Conference on Black Power and author of a number of books including Black Power and Urban Unrest: Creative Possibilities and Ready to Riot. Founding chairman of the African and Afro-American Studies Department at SUNY, Albany. Served on presidential task forces during the Nixon and Reagan adminstrations. Officiated wedding of close friend Louis Farrakhan. Died on February 22, 2005, at the age of 81. Appendix: Roster of Freedom Riders 535 CORE Freedom Ride, Washington, DC, to New Orleans, LA, May 4–17, 1961 Name Race Sex Age Residence Occupation or Status BERGMAN, FRANCES W F 57 Detroit, MI Retired elementary school teacher and administrator See epilogue and Kaufman, The First Freedom Ride. Died in 1979, at the age of 75. BERGMAN, WALTER W M 61 Detroit, MI Retired professor, Wayne State Univ. and Univ. of Michigan See epilogue and Kaufman, The First Freedom Ride. Died on September 29, 1999, at the age of 100. BIGELOW, ALBERT W M 55 Cos Cob, CT Retired naval officer; architect; housing administrator; peace activist See chapter 3. Born May 1, 1906. Designed buildings for 1939 World’s Fair. Senior judge for U.S. Yacht Racing Union for ten years. Completed two trans-Atlantic crossings with close friend and novelist Ernest K. Gann. Died in Walpole, MA, on October 6, 1993, at the age of 87. BLANKENHEIM, W M 27 Tucson, AZ Carpenter; student, Univ. of EDWARD Arizona (Tucson) See chapter 3. Born March 16, 1934. Carpenter and CORE activist in Chicago during 1960s. Moved to Hawaii in the 1970s and later to San Francisco, where he was arrested in 2000 while advocating the rights of handicapped bus riders. Died in San Francisco on September 26, 2004, at the age of 70. COX, BENJAMIN B M 29 High Point, NC Minister, Pilgrim Congregational ELTONm Church; former youth secretary, NAACP See chapters 3, 5, and 9. Longtime civil rights activist arrested thirty-eight times. Chaplain in VA Hospital in Urbana, IL. Recently retired from position as middle school counselor in Jackson,TN. FARMER, JAMES B M 41 New York, NY National director, CORE See chapter 1, epilogue, and his autobiography Lay Bare the Heart. Born January 12, 1920. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. Died on July 9, 1999, in Fredricksburg, VA, at the age of 79. GRIFFIN, ROBERT G. B M 20 Tampa, FL Student, Johnson C. Smith Univ. (GUS)k (Charlotte, NC) Born and raised in Tampa, FL. HARRIS, HERMAN K.l B M 21 Englewood, NJ Student, Morris College (Sumter, SC) See chapters 3 and 8. Born in Heath Springs, SC. Attended Friendship Jr. College (Rock Hill, SC) (1959–60). Graduate of Morris College (BA, 1964) and Univ. of California, Berkeley (MA, English). Taught poetry and English literature and coached basketball at Friendship Jr. College (early 1970s–1982). Pastor of Chestnut Grove AME Zion Church in Rock Hill (1982–88). Died in 1988. HUGHES, GENEVIEVE W F 28 Washington, DC CORE field secretary See chapters 3 and 8. 536 Appendix: Roster of Freedom Riders LEWIS, JOHN ROBERTm B M 21 Troy, AL Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary (Nashville, TN) See chapter 3, epilogue, and Lewis, Walking with the Wind. MCDONALD, JIMMY B M 29 New York, NY Folk singer; CORE activist See chapter 3. Born June 4, 1931. NAACP activist in Yonkers, NY (1970–2000). Host of two television programs, Black Journal and Black Perspective on the News. Executive director of the Yonkers Human Rights Commission. Manager for pianist Cecil Taylor. Died in Bronxville, NY, on July 11, 2000, at the age of 69. MOORE, IVORl (JERRY) B M 19 Bronx, NY Student, Morris College Born in Jamestown, NY, on September 21, 1941. Son of the Rev. Dr. Ivor Moore, pastor of Walker Memorial Baptist Church in the Bronx. Graduate of Morris College (B.A., history, 1964). Folk and rock musician in Greenwich Village, NY City (1964–1967). Co-created (with poet Dudley Randall) and performed “Ballad of Birmingham” following 1963 church bombing. Member of “Children of God” rock group (1967–1971) and recording artist living in Woodstock, NY (1967–1980). Moved to Los Angeles in 1980. Conducted street ministry for drug addicts and homeless in South Central LA. Computer skills instructor, youth recreation supervisor, and church outreach coordinator (1990s–present). MOULTRIE, MAE B W 24 Sumter, SC Student, Morris College FRANCESl Born in Dillon, SC. Moved to Philadelphia in October 1961 to attend Cheyney State College. Later received M.S. in education at Temple Univ. Taught school in Wilmington, DE (1964–1990). Missionary in Liberia, Mexico, and Canada. Currently teaches Christian education at Sanctuary Christian Academy in Philadelphia. Current name: the Reverend Mae Frances Howard. PECK, JAMES W M 46 New York, NY Editor, CORE-lator See Journey of Reconciliation. PERKINS, JOSEPH B M 27 Owensboro, KY CORE field secretary See chapter 3. PERSON, CHARLES B M 18 Atlanta, GA Student, Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA) See chapter 3.
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