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The Freedom Riders

The Freedom Riders. By Attiyyah Abdullah. Background Info. 1961 A group of Black and White males and females boarded a greyhound. Road trip to the south Traveled from Washington D.C. to New Orleans. What was the Cause . Jim Crow laws Segregation in the south Waiting Rooms Bathrooms

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The Freedom Riders

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  1. The Freedom Riders By Attiyyah Abdullah

  2. Background Info • 1961 A group of Black and White males and females boarded a greyhound. • Road trip to the south • Traveled from Washington D.C. to New Orleans

  3. What was the Cause • Jim Crow laws • Segregation in the south • Waiting Rooms • Bathrooms • Water fountains

  4. What happened • KKK • Jail time for the African Americans • John Seigenthaler • James Farmer • John Lewis • Jim Zwerg

  5. The result • Mob of white men, women and children waited outside for the incoming buses. • 27 passengers were arrested. • JFK and his brother found ways to handle the violence. • Martin Luther King Jr. was ambushed while being in his church.

  6. The challenges • The freedom riders practiced nonviolence so when they were beaten they didn’t fight back. • Beatings strengthened the bond between the activists. • Students in Alabama were attacked by a mob of angry white people.

  7. Impact today • Buses and train stations are intergraded. • A law was passed that prohibited segregation on the highways. • More people joined in Civil Rights groups after the protest. • Riders revealed that the government was an unreliable source in the struggle for equality.

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  9. After

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  11. Bibliography • Works Cited • Karson, Jill. "Freedom Rides." Civil Rights. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven, 2003. 17-20. Print. • Michel, Gregg L. "Freedom Rides." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 19 Nov. 2013. • Price, Sean Stewart. "Freedom Riders: Fifty Years Ago, Young Americans Risked Their Lives on a Journey That Would Change the Nation Forever." Junior Scholastic 9 May 2011: 16+. General OneFile. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

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