WILLIE J. ALLEN JR. Photographer Orlando

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CAPTION: (03/10/06).Soulforce Equality Riders go to protest at Liberty University a founded by Jerry Fallwell the first stop on there bus tour around the US visiting 19 religious and Military colleges that have anti- gay lesbian admission policies. The group of 30 plus young adults plan to visit these colleges and create positive dialogue to confront the policies of the schools. The Equality Riders have patterned their bus ride after the Civil Rights Freedom Riders of the 50's and 60's. Learning Gandhi type principles of non-violent protest which also inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr the riders prepare for their odyessy...(Times Photo Willie J. Allen Jr.)

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Equality Riders
CAPTION: (03/10/06).Soulforce Equality Riders go to protest at Liberty University a founded by Jerry Fallwell the first stop on there bus tour around the US visiting 19 religious and Military colleges that have anti- gay lesbian admission policies. The group of 30 plus young adults plan to visit these colleges and create positive dialogue to confront the policies of the schools. The Equality Riders have patterned their bus ride after the Civil Rights Freedom Riders of the 50's and 60's. Learning Gandhi type principles of non-violent protest which also inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr the riders prepare for their odyessy...(Times Photo Willie J. Allen Jr.)