By, Jennifer Lipman
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A rabbi who was arrested during civil rights demonstrations in America’s Deep South in the 1960s is to be honoured by Oprah Winfrey later today.
The talk show host has dedicated an episode of her popular show to the efforts of the Freedom Riders, who began their crusade for racial equality 50 years ago today.
The Freedom Rides were peaceful protests organised to test whether a 1960 Supreme Court ruling desegregating interstate buses would be honoured in reality.
Rabbi Philip Posner, who has been a rabbi for almost four decades and now lives in Mexico, was one of hundreds of black and white men and women from across the United States who participated in 65 rides throughout the summer of 1961.
