Photo: #The mug shots of Marv Davidov and Claire O'Connor on the day they were arrested in 1961.
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The mug shots of Marv Davidov and Claire O'Connor on the day they were arrested in 1961. (Courtesy of Claire O'Connor and state of Mississippi)

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Two Minnesotans who boarded buses for civil rights


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Forty-six years ago, seven white Minnesotans became part of civil rights history. The Freedom Riders rode buses through the deep South and pressured states to comply with a Supreme Court desegregation ruling. Voices of Minnesota profiles two of them: Marv Davidov and Claire O'Connor.

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