Civil Rights Icon

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Only 21 years of age at the time, this 1961 Freedom Rider would go on to become a vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement. Today he still serves the public's interests as one of Georgia's delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives. Can you guess who said that?

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