

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Hezekiah Watkins, the youngest of the Freedom Riders, will share his powerful story of courage and civil rights advocacy. At just 13 years old Watkins was arrested and sent to Mississippi's notorious Parchman State Penitentiary.
Mistaken for a Freedom Rider, he was placed on death row for several days before being released. This experience didn't silence him; instead, it sparked a lifelong commitment to justice. He went on to be arrested more than 100 times in his pursuit of equality. His story is an incredible bridge between the history books and the personal power students have to influence their communities
today.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evansville/freedom-rider-hezekiah-watkins/200029552134957
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 157

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029552134957?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=evansville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Evansville
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Benjamin Bosse High School
- **lat**: 37.96366
- **long**: -87.54034
- **full address**: Benjamin Bosse High School, 1300 Washington Avenue,Evansville,IN,United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: UE Journey to Justice (https://allevents.in/org/ue-journey-to-justice/25566977)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/2df37e5c967ce1b3489fddcc5d2b7b432ee18133638e279d10e49d7e906fd805-rimg-w300-h300-dcfffcf4-gmir?v=1770591619

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Benjamin Bosse High School, 1300 Washington Avenue,Evansville,IN,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** UE Journey to Justice
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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