We shall overcome: they crossed the country bearing their stories of hardship and survival. A view from the Los Angeles route of the Freedom Ride.A slow rain falls in Tucson, where Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Freedom Riders lead a procession to honor those who die trying to cross the border. Riders carried the crosses and stories of these migrants across the country and to Washington, D.C. (pictured L-R L-R Left to Right L-R Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, North Carolina) : Kat Socco, Emily Kane, Sandra Barragan (front), Yolanda Cruz, Cecilia Duarte) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.S. Border Patrol agents board the Los Angeles Freedom Ride bus to demand proof of citizenship. Riders hold up copies of their legal rights but refuse even to speak to the agents. After a three-hour standoff, all riders were removed from the buses and detained in holding cells. (pictured with card held in air: Cecilia Duarte) [ILLUSTRATED OMITTED] Los Angeles Freedom Riders celebrate after their release from detention cells at a Border Patrol check point in Sierra Blanca, Texas Sierra Blanca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. The population was 533 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hudspeth CountyGR6. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Peter Holderness is a freelance photographer based in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . He rode with the Freedom Ride from Los Angeles. |
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