Freedom Riders Research Paper

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Freedom riders were civil rights activities who interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non enforcement of the United states supreme court decisions Iren Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia 1946 and Boynton v. Virginia 1960 which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. however this rule didn't stop us from the segregation of an equal right. Violence in Anniston, Alabama Anniston, Alabama, a white mob awaited the arrival of the first bus bearing the Freedom Riders at the Greyhound station. As it arrived, they attacked the bus with iron pipe, which s and baseball bats and slashed its tires. The terrified bus driver hastily drove out of the station, but the punctured …show more content…

The plan was reported to the FBI headquarters, but no action was taken. The Trail ways station was filled with Klansmen and reporters. When we exited the bus, they are beaten by the mob with baseball bats, iron pipes and bicycle chains, and then, battered and bleeding, I was arrested. White Freedom Riders were particularly singled out for frenzied beatings. Two riders were hospitalized, including white Freedom Rider. Shuttles worth in Birmingham were notified of the beatings by a fleeing reporter. That night, my partners and i were ejected from the hospital because hospital personnel were afraid of the mob. Eight cars of churchmen, brimming with shotguns and rifles, headed off to rescue us. My partners and I were injured and battered, felt that we could not continue the freedom ride and elected to fly to New Orleans where. At this point, SNCC felt more than ever that the Freedom Rides should continue. Diane Nash of SNCC sent out a call to campuses around the eastern United States for volunteers to come to join the Freedom Ride to keep the demonstration going. Planning Meetings with Martin Luther King Dr. King held another planning meeting at which we developed a new strategy. I saw that authorities in Jackson, Mississippi were intent on arresting all Freedom Riders who integrated the bus stations. Our new plan called for refusing bail, and filling the jails with Freedom Riders. Following our arrest, we would have 40 days in which to enter a plea. We would stay in jail those 40 days and then bail

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