Freedom Riders @Sam&Elsbeth
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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FREEDOM RIDERS
- 13 African-Americans & Civil Rights activits launched the "Freedom Rides"
FREEDOM RIDES WERE A SERIES OF BUSTRIPS TO PROTEST SEGREGATION
- Freedom Rides were a series of bustrips to protest segregation towards African-Americans
THE FREEDOM RIDERS WERE RECRUITED BY C.O.R.E
- The Freedom Rider were aquired by the group known as C.O.R.E.
A police sergent orderd violence against freedom rider
- A police sergent ordered violence against the freedom riders
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- They planned to end the rides in Alabama
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- the sergent and members of the Klu Klux clan firebombed the buses
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- The freedom riders were forced to leave the hospital wich they were brought to because the staff feared the mob outside.
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- The Kennedy administration act agreed that officers would protect the freedom riders going through Mississipi.
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- Despite the protection they were given the Freedom Riders were arrested for using th"white-only" facilities.
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- Other Freedom Riders were arrested for vandilizing local segregation ordiances.
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- Even though the Freedom riders endured so much abuse, pain, and suffering their rebelious souls made a difference in segregation by doing part in ending it, so for that we thank them for taking a step and making that change happen to make a better place for mankind.
