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Brought to you by CORE – Congress of Racial Equality
Why where the Freedom Rides evidence of a segregated South?
The When - The first Freedom Ride took place on May 4, 1961;
From Washington DC…destination New Orleans, LA
The Who - Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on
two public buses bound for the Deep South.
The Why - Test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia
(1960), which declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations
unconstitutional AND to test President Kennedy’s commitment to the
Civil Rights movement
The How - Interracial group would board buses destined for the
South. The whites would sit in the back and the blacks in the front. At
rest stops, the whites would go into blacks-only areas and vice versa.
The Freedom Ride left Washington DC on May 4, 1961. It was scheduled
to arrive in New Orleans on May 17, the seventh anniversary of
the Brown decision
Boynton v. Virginia And
Irene Morgan v. The Commonwealth of Virginia
The Where
The Trip - On Mother's Day, May 14, the Freedom Riders
split up into two groups to travel through Alabama.
The first group was met by a mob of about 200 angry people in
Anniston, AL
The mob stoned the bus and slashed the tires. The bus
managed to get away, but when it stopped about six miles out of
town to change the tires, it was firebombed.
The other group did not fare any better. It was greeted by a mob
in Birmingham, and the Riders were severely beaten.
The other group did not fare any better. It was greeted by a mob
in Birmingham, and the Riders were severely beaten.
Photo of Klansmen attacking a Freedom Rider at the Trailways Bus Station in Birmingham. The photo helped identify Klansmen involved in the assault.
"I think it is particularly important at this time when it has become national news that we continue and show that
nonviolence can prevail over violence."
Rep. John Lewis
Who Am I?
And the journey continues…..
Long Story Short – never completed their trip;
however, …..
Closure - The Freedom Riders may not have finished their
trip, but why was their movement an important and lasting
contribution to the civil rights movement?
Lesson Addendum
CSI Case
Primary Sources:
MLK
James Peck
JFK
SNCC
Diane Nash
Montgomery and Alabama Newspaper
Supreme Court Decisions