Notable Freedom Riders
- US Representative John Lewis (D-GA)
- Rev. James L. Bevel
- Rev. Malcolm Boyd
- Stokely Carmichael
- William Sloane Coffin
- James L. Farmer, Jr.
- US Representative Bob Filner (D-CA)
- William E. Harbour
- Rev. Bernard Lafayette
- William Mahoney
- Charles Neblett
- Wally Nelson
- James Peck
- Diane Nash
- Fred Shuttlesworth
- Carol Ruth Silver
- Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson
- Wyatt Tee Walker
- James Zwerg
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