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“Change begins with young people”: Freedom Rider visits JBU

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For a couple days, John Brown University hosted on campus one of the two last living Freedom Riders, Charles Person. On Monday, Feb. 21, Person spoke in a Q&A held in the JBU library for the student-led book club that began reading his memoir, “Buses Are a Comin’,” starting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following day, Feb. 22, Person spoke during the Chapel service with Trisha Posey, professor of history and director of the Honors Scholars Program, and student Zipporah Jones.