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How and Why I Became a Freedom Rider — And What Happened When I Did

Racially segregated water fountains in the south

In 1961, I asked my rabbi if he thought I should join the Freedom Riders, who challenged segregated seating in the south. He said, “If I were in your shoes, I would go.”

Rabbi Philip M. Posner


Source: reform judaism