Research Paper On Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were a group of african americans and white civil rights activist. They wanted to end segregation in southern states. So, they all got on a greyhound bus and traveled through selected southern states. The first thing I will address is how they began, the second will be about the challenges they went through while traveling through the southern states. Lastly, I will explain how it helped change segregation during that time. In 1961 african american and white civil right activists loaded onto buses that traveled through southern states to protest segregated bus stops. According to the article Freedom Riders, “The 1961 Freedom Rides, organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), were modeled after the organization’s 1947 Journey of Reconciliation.”(History.com) This meaning the group was recreation of another group. During both times they both …show more content…
The white population would stop the buses and shout many vulgar things at the passengers. In the article The Freedom Riders, Then and Now stated, “The attackers pelted the vehicle with rocks and bricks, slashed tires, smashed windows with pipes and axes and lobbed a firebomb through a broken window.”(Marian Smith Holmes) The passengers were forced to stay in the buses and many died. When they arrived in different towns or cities they would go to restaurants and sit in the white sections many being refused service; the white people that were in the restaurants became outraged, attacking the freedom riders. The police would respond way too late. Written in the article Freedom Rides, “When they stopped along the way, white riders used facilities designated for blacks and vice versa.”(The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica) The freedom riders wanted to show people that they were serious and want to see a change, they were tired of being labeled as a criminal because of their skin
The Freedom Riders were a group of african americans and white civil rights activist. They wanted to end segregation in southern states. So, they all got on a greyhound bus and traveled through selected southern states. The first thing I will address is how they began, the second will be about the challenges they went through while traveling through the southern states. Lastly, I will explain how it helped change segregation during that time. In 1961 african american and white civil right activists loaded onto buses that traveled through southern states to protest segregated bus stops. According to the article Freedom Riders, “The 1961 Freedom Rides, organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), were modeled after the organization’s 1947 Journey of Reconciliation.”(History.com) This meaning the group was recreation of another group. During both times they both …show more content…
The white population would stop the buses and shout many vulgar things at the passengers. In the article The Freedom Riders, Then and Now stated, “The attackers pelted the vehicle with rocks and bricks, slashed tires, smashed windows with pipes and axes and lobbed a firebomb through a broken window.”(Marian Smith Holmes) The passengers were forced to stay in the buses and many died. When they arrived in different towns or cities they would go to restaurants and sit in the white sections many being refused service; the white people that were in the restaurants became outraged, attacking the freedom riders. The police would respond way too late. Written in the article Freedom Rides, “When they stopped along the way, white riders used facilities designated for blacks and vice versa.”(The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica) The freedom riders wanted to show people that they were serious and want to see a change, they were tired of being labeled as a criminal because of their skin