Hezekiah Watkins, the youngest Freedom Rider, spent five days in a cell on Mississippi’s death row. Now, the city of Jackson has issued a formal apology.
Mississippi city formally apologizes to Hezekiah Watkins, arrested at 13 during 1961 Freedom Ride
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