He was released after agreeing to register with the Selective Service after spending six months in the camp,[3] but in 1943, he was drafted to the United States Army and refused to report.

[3] He was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February 1947 for not registering with the city prior to canvassing in African-American neighborhoods for the WDL.

[5] In April 1947, Felmet participated in the Journey of Reconciliation, the precursor to the Freedom Riders,[6] challenging racial segregation.

Felmet, Bayard Rustin, Igal Roodenko, and Andrew Johnson were arrested in North Carolina for violating local Jim Crow laws regarding segregated seating on public transportation.

[1] On June 17, 2022, Judge Allen Baddour, with full consent of the State and Defense, dismissed the charges against the four Freedom Riders, with members of the exonerees’ families in attendance.

[1] In the 1974 elections, Felmet ran for the Democratic Party nomination for North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, challenging incumbent Republican Wilmer Mizell on an anti-war platform.

[11] Felmet delivered a petition to President Jimmy Carter and Governor Jim Hunt seeking a pardon on behalf of the Wilmington Ten.

[13] He was arrested on the campus of North Carolina State University for trespassing when he refused to stop circulating petitions.

Felmet filed a brief with the court challenging the university's restrictions on outsiders communicating with students as a violation of his First Amendment rights.

Shortly thereafter, Felmet entered the Town Common at Old Salem in Winston-Salem and petitioned Congress to end the draft.

She was a graduate of Hollins College and UNC Chapel Hill, with an MA from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.

Although the will provided interest-only support for Felmet for his remaining life, estimated to be valued at about one-tenth of the estate, the will left the bulk to her siblings and their heirs.