Fil-Am Mary Magdalene Harrison, '60s Civil Rights Freedom Rider

Mary Magdalene Harrison

Mary Magdalene Harrison

Six decades ago, in 1961, systemic segregation darkly dominated the Deep South of America. Philippine-born Mary Magdalene Harrison, adopted by an Asian American family, was a college student in 1961 when she was jailed for being a Civil Rights Movement Freedom Rider (See AsAm News for story).