Freedom Rides- Notes
Who: Irene Morgan, Supreme Court, NAACP, CORE, SCLC, SNCC, John Lewis, Diane Nash, Bull Connor, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, Governor John Patterson, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy
What: Segregation on interstate buses in the south, Morgan v. Virginia, angry/violent resistance (Anniston- angry mob armed with clubs and bats, fire bombed the bus and brutally beat the passengers)
When: Morgan v. Virginia 1946, Journey of Reconciliation 1947, Freedom Rides May, 1961, Anniston, Alabama May 14, 1961
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/rides/
Where: throughout the south, in particular the deep south, Anniston, Birmingham, Montgomery Alabama
Why: Test the Constitutionality of segregation on interstate buses
How: Trained in civil disobedience, informally tested the law- Journey of Reconciliation and later Freedom Rides
What: Segregation on interstate buses in the south, Morgan v. Virginia, angry/violent resistance (Anniston- angry mob armed with clubs and bats, fire bombed the bus and brutally beat the passengers)
When: Morgan v. Virginia 1946, Journey of Reconciliation 1947, Freedom Rides May, 1961, Anniston, Alabama May 14, 1961
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/rides/
Where: throughout the south, in particular the deep south, Anniston, Birmingham, Montgomery Alabama
Why: Test the Constitutionality of segregation on interstate buses
How: Trained in civil disobedience, informally tested the law- Journey of Reconciliation and later Freedom Rides
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