The original 13 Freedom Riders were Frances Bergman, Walter Bergman, Albert Bigelow, Edward Blankenheim, Benjamin Elton Cox, James Farmer, Genevieve Hughes Houghton, John Lewis, Jimmy McDonald, Mae Frances Moultrie, Joseph Perkins, Charles Person, and Hank Thomas. The interracial group, comprising eight Black and five white activists, departed Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, aboard two buses bound for New Orleans.
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