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Freedom Riders' Portraits
More than 300 Freedom Riders were imprisoned in 1961. Where are they now? Find out in this excerpt from Breach of Peace.
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  May 04, 2011
Bill Svanoe
Bill Svanoe, Then

Born: January 16, 1938, in Wilmington, Delaware. Grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania, Northhampton, Massachusetts, and New York City.

Then: Graduate student in economics at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. Graduated from Oberlin College in 1959. Active in the 1960 Hubert Humphrey and John Kennedy campaigns.
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