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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
Rev. C.T. Vivian
Rev. C.T. Vivian, Then

Born: July 28, 1924, in Howard, Missouri. Grew up there and in Macomb, Illinois. Graduated from Western Illinois University in 1946. Participated in his first sit-in in 1947 in Peoria, Illinois, successfully integrating a cafeteria.

Then: Student at the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville; a leader of the Nashville Student Movement.
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