Freedom Riders by jenna.salyers

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Freedom Riders

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Freedom Riders

By:Jenna Salyers

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On may 4, 1961 a group joined together
to start Freedom Riders

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They faced a mob of 3,000 angry white people

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The Freedom Riders (13 African-Americans) rode a bus

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through the American south to protest segregation in bus terminals

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The next few months, several hundred Riders engaged.

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There were over 300 armed gards to pretect the buses.

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We will allways remember that over 400 people risked there life for us.

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