Freedom riders tell their route to the American dream
Submitted on October 7, 2003 - 12:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
ABOARD A BUS TO NEW YORK - When Prasert Duangrudeeswat started learning English in his home country of Thailand, he said he realized the last four letters of the word American stand for “I can.” He decided to go to the United States and live the American dream.
“Everybody laughed at me,” he recalled, smiling calmly.
When Mexico began importing Lincolns in 1990, Eliseo Segura told his co-workers that one day he would buy one of those cars.
“They laughed at me,” Segura said, looking from behind his glasses at the trees the bus to New York left behind on the highway.
“Everybody laughed at me,” he recalled, smiling calmly.
When Mexico began importing Lincolns in 1990, Eliseo Segura told his co-workers that one day he would buy one of those cars.
“They laughed at me,” Segura said, looking from behind his glasses at the trees the bus to New York left behind on the highway.
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