Freedom Rides
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Who:
CORE, SNCC
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What:
African American people rode busses from Washington DC all throughout the South to challenge segregation on interstate bus terminals. They faced lots of violence in Alabama: busses bombed, mobs, passengers beaten, arrests.
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Where:
Washington DC → Mississippi, Southern States
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When:
May 4th to 15th, 1961
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Significance:
* Caused bus companies to enforce integration
* Forced government to take action
* Exposed violence in the south
* Forced government to take action
* Exposed violence in the south
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