Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark 'Freedom Rides' of 1961, has died. He was 83.Former Alabama state Sen. Hank Sanders, a friend of Boynton's, confirmed his passing Friday.Boynton was arrested 60 years ago for entering the white part of a racially segregated bus station in Virginia and launching […]
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