The Freedom Riders: The History of the Civil Rights Activists Who Rode Buses around the South to Protest Segregation Audiobook Libro.fm

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After a 1960 Supreme Court decision in Boynton v Virginia bus segregation was made illegal on new grounds it violated the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution by regulating the movement of people across state lines With this victory in hand the Freedom Rides of 1961 began Organized primarily by a new group the Congress on Racial Equality CORE the Freedom Rides followed the same guidance that inspired the Montgomery Boycott and the Greensboro SitIns nonviolent direct action The purpose of the Freedom Rides was the test the Supreme Courts decision by riding from Virginia to Louisiana on integrated busses This was notably the first major Civil Rights event that included a large segment of white participants