Jaquon Stembridge of Greensboro recently received the first Charles Person Freedom Riders scholarship, recognizing the young man for his abilities and also to acknowledge Charles Person, one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. Person recently passed away. He was the youngest of the Freedom Riders. Visit LetDCkNOW.org  to find out more. Seven blacks and six whites made up the original group. In the end over 400 people participated both black-and-white from all over the country been thrown into the Parchman prison.