Freedom Rides
- Created by: Loren
- Created on: 21-05-13 22:46
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- Freedom Rides 1961
- Cause
- Bonyton vs Virginia 1960
- Testing to see if Supreme Court rulings did work
- Deep Rooted racism
- Bonyton vs Virginia 1960
- Participants
- NAACP
- SCLC
- SNCC
- CORE
- Stated it was mostly idea
- KKK
- Burned and attacked buses and riders
- Robert Kennedy
- Kept putting pressure on Supreme Court
- King wasn't on the buses
- Would have been arrested
- Kennedy
- Lack of federal protection
- Critical as it showed America's domestic problems
- Significance
- All organisations came together
- Gaining media attention for the cause
- Inspire and impressed other to join the movement
- Cause
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