The Nation - News from June 23, 1989
Hundreds of civil rights activists boarded buses in Philadelphia, Miss., to retrace the trail of the 1960s Freedom Riders after honoring three civil rights workers who were slain near the Mississippi town 25 years ago. Some 470 pilgrims had arrived in a caravan of 13 buses from New York and Philadelphia, Pa., to attend ceremonies Wednesday honoring the three workers. The next day, 10 chartered buses left for Washington and additional ceremonies, with the caravan modeled on the North-to-South Freedom Rides of the 1960s.
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