Student Rider: John Walker
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MSU Student Selected for Freedom Ride 2011 by Hawkins Teague A Murray State University student has been selected by PBS as one of 40 college students to participate in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride in...
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Murray Student to Join Freedom Riders on 50th Anniversary by Merlene Davis, Herald-Leader Columnist One Kentuckian rode on an integrated bus during the first Freedom Rides of 1961, traveling through...
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Student Joins Freedom Riders for Summer Journey By Paige Graves Fifty years ago a group of people stepped onto buses bound for the Deep South with the intention of testing desegregated travel...
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By John Walker Today we found ourselves in the historic city of Petersburg, Va. Like many southern towns, it is much more famous for its history than its current state. When we came in, I strangely...
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By John Walker It’s been almost three weeks now, and I still cannot believe I was on the bus. There are questions everyday and pictures to remind me this trip of a lifetime happened. As surreal as it...
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