At 13, Mississippi native Hezekiah Watkins was wrongly despatched to loss of life row at Parchman Prison after being mistaken for a Freedom Rider.
ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reviews on how that arrest pushed Watkins into the Civil Rights Movement, the place he turned often known as the "Youngest Freedom Rider."
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