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("Hank Thomas About | Hank Thomas Freedom Rider" ) Henry “Hank” James Thomas was born on August 29, 1941 in Jacksonville, Florida.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Portraits of Freedom Riders: Then and Now )〕 He is an American civil rights activist, and in his recent years, a businessman. Thomas was one of the original Freedom Riders, who traveled on Greyhound and Trailways buses through the south in 1961 to protest racial segregation, as well as performing demonstrations at the bus stops along the way.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.valueplexauctions.com/HTHOMASBIO.pdf )〕 Hank Thomas played a large part in the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), as well as participating in multiple Freedom Rides. In 1965, he served in the Vietnam War as a medic. Injured in battle, he came home with a purple heart. == Early life and education == Thomas spent most of his childhood in St. Augustine, Florida. He started protesting racial injustices very early in life. In the novel ''Breach of Peace'', Thomas explains that “rebellion came natural” to him. He recalls that at age 9 or 10, he corrected a white insurance man who addressed his aunt using her first name only, not her last. Later on, when blacks were not allowed to check out books in the library, Thomas would take his own books there to read. As he grew up, he participated in sit-in Hank Thomas went to college at Howard University in Washington D.C. Here he was an active participant in the SNCC. His goal for Civil Rights became even stronger as he heard about the sit-in movements going on in Greensboro. Inspired by these movements, Thomas helped to organize, as well as participated in, early movements in Maryland and in Virginia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry James Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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