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Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

| November 24, 2020 12:33 PM

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides" of 1961, died Monday. He was 83.

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