/tags/congress-of-racial-equality Congress of Racial Equality en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:00:00 GMT /history/2017-08-24/local-freedom-riders-part-in-the-civil-rights-movement In 1961, during the Civil Rights Movement, the Congress of Racial Equality recruited volunteers for a series of bus rides. David Fankhauser, a 19-year-old… Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:00:00 GMT /history/2017-08-24/local-freedom-riders-part-in-the-civil-rights-movement