The Freedom Riders

Fact #1

• The Freedom Rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Fact #2

• May 14, 1961 the Greyhound bus was bombed and the riders were attacked

Fact #3

• Their main purpose was to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia which declared segregation in interstate bus and rail staions unconstitotinal

Fact #4

Fact #5

Citations

• History.com Staff. "Freedom Rides." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 01 Jan. 2010. Web. 04 May 2016.
• "What Was the Goal of the Freedom Riders?" Ask. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2016.