The Freedom Riders's goal was to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the South. The original movement began with a group of 40 individuals who boarded buses in Washington DC. They planned to travel throughout the South, eventually ending up in New Orleans. They were stopped and met with resistance in Alabama.
In 1961 James Farmer, the leader of CORE, asked groups of African Americans and white Americans to travel into the South to draw attention to the South's segregation of bus terminals.
the Australian freedom ride was about standing up for aborignal rights
The freedom riders were people who worked to get African American's registered to vote. Their goal was getting people registered and to the polls.
desegregation of buses and bus terminals
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The freedom rides set out to test an earlier Supreme Court ruling that banned racial discrimination in interstate travel.
The first freedom ride was in 1942.
the were organized to test a supreme court decision.
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The freedom rides set out to test an earlier Supreme Court ruling that banned racial discrimination in interstate travel.
The result of Freedom Rides was that after a struggle, the laws of transport segregation were changed.
Sit ins and Freedom Rides were advocated mostly in the South. Georgia and Tennessee are two states that were notoriously known for their sit ins and Freedom Rides.
There was only 1 freedom ride in Australia, and it was for Aboriginal rights
Freedom Rides through the south were started by CORE in 1961. These rides were intended to spread awareness of civil rights and the need for change.
The first freedom ride was in 1942.
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the feeling of equality for all.
the feeling of equality for all.
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