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A group of former Freedom Riders is encouraging young voters in the South

WUNC News | By Leoneda Inge

Published October 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM EDT

A group of 1961 Freedom Riders is encouraging young people to vote across the South. Organizers stopped at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in time for election season.

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is WUNC's race and southern culture reporter, the first public radio journalist in the South to hold such a position. She explores modern...