The Rev. George Houser, a founder of the Congress of Racial Equality who was believed to be the last living member of the inaugural Freedom Ride — the volatile, sometimes violent bus trip through the ...

George R. Houser, 69, of Lancaster, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 in the ER at LGH of natural causes. Born March 23, 1938 in Philipsburg, PA, he was the son of the late ...

NEW YORK — The Rev. George M. Houser, a founder of the Congress of Racial Equality who was believed to be the last living member of the inaugural Freedom Ride — the sometimes violent bus trip through ...

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And longtime civil rights activist Reverend George Houser has died. The white Methodist minister helped found the Congress of Racial Equality, alongside civil rights icons James Farmer and Bayard ...