Op-Ed: Recognize the Freedom Riders

  • Local author Randall Harman (center) of LetDCKnow.org was joined recently by Putnam County Board of Education Chairman Dr. Steve Weiner (far left) with PCHS faculty and students, as Harman presented prize winnings to students who wrote essays about the 1961 Freedom Riders protests. CONTRIBUTED
    Local author Randall Harman (center) of LetDCKnow.org was joined recently by Putnam County Board of Education Chairman Dr. Steve Weiner (far left) with PCHS faculty and students, as Harman presented prize winnings to students who wrote essays about the 1961 Freedom Riders protests. CONTRIBUTED
    Do you know why February is Black History Month?Abraham Lincoln’s birthday falls on the 12th, and Frederick Douglass’ is on the 14th of the month. There would have been no Emancipation Proclamation created in 1863 had it not been for these two men!And as history circles back 163 years later, we had six highly motivated students from Putnam County High School and Greene County ...

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