Person adds personal touch to Freedom Riders history

  • Freedom Rider Charles Person speaks alongside a copy of a historic photo that may have played a part in once saving his life. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Freedom Rider Charles Person speaks alongside a copy of a historic photo that may have played a part in once saving his life. IAN TOCHER/Staff
  • Charles Person (seated) is surrounded by each of the other speakers and several local politicians and community leaders Aug. 13, following his talk at the Putnam County Republican Party’s unique “When Blacks and Whites Work Together ...” event at Parkside Main Theater in Greensboro. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Charles Person (seated) is surrounded by each of the other speakers and several local politicians and community leaders Aug. 13, following his talk at the Putnam County Republican Party’s unique “When Blacks and Whites Work Together ...” event at Parkside Main Theater in Greensboro. IAN TOCHER/Staff
  • Charles Person
    Charles Person
    Under the title “When Blacks and Whites Work Together...” the Putnam County Republican Party hosted a unique event on Aug. 14 at Parkside Main Theater in Greensboro.Several Black speakers, including Ja’Quon Stembridge, the 18-year-old founder of Georgia Teen Republicans, Reverend Michael Lancaster of the Frederick Douglass Leadership Institute, Putnam County Board of Education cand...

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