Ex-Freedom Rider Says the Right Thing Can Make a Difference
Sunday Gazette-Mail › December 05, 2011
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"I live out in the country in a double-wide mobile home," Joan C. Browning said. "But this has been my year to be famous. It has all been kind of strange - the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides."
A native of southern Georgia, Browning grew up on a small, 58- acre cotton farm about 70 miles outside of Albany, where her family still lives today.See the full content of this document
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Ex-Freedom Rider Says the Right Thing Can Make a Difference
In 1961, she became a member of the Freedom Riders, a movement that fought to desegregate public transportation, lunch counters, restaurants and hotels throughout the Deep South.
Browning was arrested in Albany on Dec...See the full content of this document
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