The KKK and other racially prejudiced whites discriminated , harassed , and beat them. Not all whites supported that, though. In fact, some of the Freedom Riders were white. The first group of Freedom Riders was almost evenly split, with 7 Aftrican-Americans and 6 whites. Those whites who beat the Riders singled out white Freedom Riders to beat more severely.
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They called themselves the "Freedom Riders" they rode through 2 states protesting
There was thirteen freedom riders to start off with, seven african americans and six whites they started in Washington D.C.
The Freedom Riders were activists who were determined to protest the segregationists policies of the deep South.
Freedom Riders - film - was created in 2010.
The freedom riders forced the federal government to react
They called themselves the "Freedom Riders" they rode through 2 states protesting
There was thirteen freedom riders to start off with, seven african americans and six whites they started in Washington D.C.
In the year 1963, freedom riders were attacked in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Freedom Riders were activists who were determined to protest the segregationists policies of the deep South.
Freedom Riders - film - was created in 2010.
The duration of Freedom Riders - film - is 2 hours.
The freedom riders went around telling about what was happening at that time
The freedom riders forced the federal government to react
The freedom riders forced the federal government to react
The media dubbed them "Freedom Riders."
Freedom Riders were a group of northern and southern civil rights activists who sought to end racial segregation on interstate transportation, such as buses. They traveled in buses, blacks and whites together, throughout the South where they met resistance, ridicule and violence - at times, their buses were torched, they were attacked with clubs and generally harrassed.
Roosevelt helped support the freedom riders by providing them with FBI protection at times.