Race and Ethnic Relations
ylang_2005Write a one page essay on the Freedom Riders. Please use link below and include some of these important details. Academic writing and no plagiarism.
Freedom Riders
· Organized by Congress Of Racial Equality (Core)
· Goals were to test a Supreme court decision in 1960 Boynton v. Virginia
· Traveled through Jim Crow south and attempted to use whites only facilities
· 1st incident – Rock Hill, SC
o May 12 – John Lewis and Albert Bigelow and another was viciously attacked
Birmingham –
Bus was met with angry mob, burned, beaten, no police protection
· May 20 – rides resumed after negotiation after RFK negotiated with Gov Patterson for protection.
· Riots ensue, arrests, sentenced to 30 days in jail.
· Appeal to Supreme Court where convictions were reversed.
· Fall 1961, Interstate Commerce Commission prohibited segregation in transportation & terminals
· Freedom Riders Museum
· 210 Court St.
· 334-414-8607
· http://ahc.alabama.gov/properties/freedomrides/freedomrides.aspx
· Reopened at reduced capacity
- 3 years ago
- 6
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