Chris Williams, Erin Devlin and Christine Henry with Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw, Delegate Joshua Cole and Vice Mayor Chuck Frye. Photo by Karen Pearlman.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams, Associate Professor of History Erin Devlin and Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Christine Henry have worked with City of Fredericksburg officials to erect a historic marker at the site of the old bus station on Princess Anne and Wolfe streets, where the Freedom Riders first stopped 60 years ago in their quest to desegregate interstate travel.
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Fredericksburg set to place marker honoring Freedom Riders’ first stop (The Free Lance-Star)
Freedom Riders marker in Fredericksburg, Va., tells the ‘untold story’ (The Washington Post)
Historical marker to be erected in Fredericksburg on 60th anniversary of Freedom Rides (WJLA)
Trip from DC to Fredericksburg bus station was first leg of Freedom Riders journey (WTOP)
Fredericksburg Remembers the Freedom Rides’ First Stop (WVTF)