Young Americans Leading The Movement
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YOUNG AMERICANS LEADING THE MOVEMENT
Photo by Jared Enos
The young activists began their own protests in other communities inspired by the protest in Montgomery.
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On February 1, 1960 four African American college students sat at the "whites only" lunch table in Greensboro, North Carolina and they didn't get up and move until it closed. The next day they did the same but with more people. These were known as sit-ins.
Photo by CT State Library
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, or "snick" was an organization to allow anyone properly dressed or well-behaved to be served and sit at the lunch tables.
Freedom rides allowed all citizens of all races to ride in buses together across the Deep South.
Photo by Gene Hunt
One day six African Americans and seven whites all went in a bus to New Orleans, Louisiana and two were beat up and one arrested for using the wrong restroom. In Alabama a bus was set on fire with people in it and the police just stood by and watched. So they decided to put the rides to an end.
Photo by Isa's Photography
In November 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission released federal regulations to desegregate transportation facilities.
Photo by Seattle Municipal Archives
The Freedom rides not only gained publicity for the movement but, they changed the rules.
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