From left, siblings Bacardi Jackson, Aaralyn, Douglass Bevel and Chevara Orrin.

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The Rev. James Bevel holds a sign during a demonstration at U.S. District Court in 1990.

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Reginald Green, James Bevel, Dion Diamond, Joan Mulholland and Paul Green hold the mugshots that were taken when they were arrested in Mississippi 46 years ago as part of the Freedom Riders.

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A D.C. superior courtroom was filled with community activists, lawyers and others as Judge Zoe Bush convened a grand jury that explored the case of the District of Columbia vs. Cane in October 2007. The mock trial was an effort to highlight the contributing factors of youth violence. The Rev. James Bevel, a veteran Civil Rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr., offers opening remarks.

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Aaralyn Mills outside the Loudoun County Couthouse before testifying against her father, James Bevel.

Photo: Rebecca Drobis - Copyright Rebecca Drobis 2008

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