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.

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...

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