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Brought to you by CORE – . Congress of Racial Equality . Why where the Freedom Rides evidence of a segregated South?. The When - The first Freedom Ride took place on May 4, 1961 ; From Washington DC…destination New Orleans, LA

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  1. Brought to you by CORE– Congress of Racial Equality

  2. Why where the Freedom Rides evidence of a segregated South? The When - The first Freedom Ride took place on May 4, 1961; From Washington DC…destination New Orleans, LA The Who - Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South. The Why - Test the Supreme Court's recent rulings (1960), which declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations unconstitutionalAND to test President Kennedy’s commitment to the Civil Rights movement

  3. Boynton v. Virginia And Irene Morgan v. The Commonwealth of Virginia The How - Interracial group would board buses destined for the South. The whites would sit in the back and the blacks in the front. At rest stops, the whites would go into blacks-only areas and vice versa.  The Freedom Ride left Washington DC on May 4, 1961. It was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17, the seventh anniversary of the Brown decision

  4. The Where

  5. The Trip -On Mother's Day, May 14, the Freedom Riders split up into two groups to travel through Alabama. The first group was met by a mob of about 200 angry people in Anniston, AL The mob stoned the bus and slashed the tires. The bus managed to get away, but when it stopped about six miles out of town to change the tires, it was firebombed. The other group did not fare any better. It was greeted by a mob in Birmingham, and the Riders were severely beaten.

  6. The other group did not fare any better. It was greeted by a mob in Birmingham, and the Riders were severely beaten. Photo of Klansmen attacking a Freedom Rider at the Trailways Bus Station in Birmingham. The photo helped identify Klansmen involved in the assault.

  7. "I think it is particularly important at this time when it has become national news that we continue and show that nonviolence can prevail over violence."

  8. Who Am I? Rep. John Lewis Civil Rights Leader and Current advocate of Social Equality Member of the U.S. House of Rep., GA

  9. With policemen watching, more than 60 demonstrators kneel before the Albany, Georgia city hall in support of eleven Freedom Riders who were arrested there.

  10. Rock Hill, South CarolinaTwo riders are beaten, and one arrested for using a white restroom. • Anniston, AlabamaAttacks by a violent segregationist mob include the firebombing of one of the buses. Twelve riders are hospitalized. • Birmingham, AlabamaMet with violence at the Birmingham bus terminal, organizers end the ride. But other rides will soon follow. • Montgomery, AlabamaThe rides continue with promises of protection from state law enforcement. But at the Montgomery bus terminal, angry mobs assault and maim riders. • Jackson, MississippiThe state of Mississippi promises to prevent violence but enforces segregation laws in bus terminals. Over 300 riders are arrested by the end of the summer, and sent to the maximum security Parchman Penitentiary for trespassing. • Washington, D.C.Starting point of the first Freedom Ride. • New Orleans, LouisianaIntended end point of the first Freedom Ride.

  11. And the journey continues….. Long Story Short – never completed their trip; however, ….. Closure - The Freedom Riders may not have finished their trip, but why was their movement an important and lasting contribution to the civil rights movement?

  12. Overview of PBS movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_rI2P44LM Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BErEunhK6jc&feature=related Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3r0PZ3d5E&feature=related Audio Clip http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/images/05_riders_map.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/05_riders.html&usg=__B_59srSGLyzQJBhFZ4e2ONzertE=&h=300&w=503&sz=20&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&tbnid=JcxoTJpOXG6KoM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=130&ei=C3uqT4ubFJS36QGTsc3KCw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfreedom%2Bride%2Bmaps%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

  13. I'm taking a ride on the Greyhound bus line,I'm a riding the front seat to Jackson this time.Hallelujah, I'm a-travelin',Hallelujah, ain't it fine?Hallelujah, I'm a-travelin'Down Freedom's main line.

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