īoynton outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. The Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them.

Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. Winner of 30 Public Relations awards.Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Placed 2nd (1st among radio participants), 6th, 10th (twice), and 21st in the five competitions.Īwarded 14 gold & platinum records and an international sales award from various record companies. Placed as a winner in five Active Industry Research Contemporary Hit Radio 'Pick the Hits' competitions from 1983 through 1987. Beeman Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research in Communications and Marketing for Higher Education Advancement and was the 2008 Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Higher Education Administration. Graduate of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Southern New Hampshire University, Kentucky Christian University and Mountain State University.ĭissertation on institutional rebranding (see ) was the 2009 international winner of the Alice L. Romeo Void: A Girl In Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)Īssociate Provost and Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University and an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University.The Boxer Rebellion: Caught By The Light.

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Leon Russell: Stranger in a Strange Land.

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