NY1 Reporter Budd Mishkin Marking 50th Anniversary of Historic Freedom Rides

Mishkin is taking the Freedom Rides route made famous 50 years ago through Deep South cities.

“The producers and executive producer knew of the events that were going on and knew of my interest in the Civil Rights Era and the Civil Rights Movement,” Mishkin tells FishbowlNY.

It doesn’t hurt that Mishkin is also a history buff.

“There are going to be kids involved from New York going down, reenacting the Freedom Ride, or at least to a certain extent, going to some of the important sites from the Civil Rights Era.”

So Mishkin will board a bus in Harlem Friday with students from The Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation, University High, Boys and Girls High School, and Scan New York—an after school program providing support for at-risk students and their families in East Harlem...