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After 65 years, Freedom Riders finally complete their journey to New Orleans

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Multiple generations of Black civil rights activists met at Xavier University on Wednesday to honor a group of Freedom Riders after they finally completed a disrupted bus journey from Washington D.C. to New Orleans 65 years after the original trip was halted.

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    After 65 years, Freedom Riders finally complete their journey to New Orleans (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Multiple generations of Black civil rights activists met at Xavier University on Wednesday to honor a group of Freedom Riders after they finally completed a disrupted bus journey from Washington D.C. to New Orleans 65 years after the original trip was halted.

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