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why were the freedom rides designed? |
to integrate segregation on public transport |
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what consequences did the CORE freedom riders face? |
in the first few days, they were only verbally abused, but in the second week they were severely beaten, and in anniston alabama one of their buses was burned down, several dozen of whites also attacked the riders. |
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what consequences did the SNCC freedom riders face? |
they had a similar reaction and were beaten by a mob of 1000 whites savagely, 200 riders got sent to jail and spent 40 days in jail. |
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what did the governor of alabama do about this? |
the alabama governor did little to protect the riders until pressured by john f kennedy to do so |
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overall what was the outcome, and what caused interstate transport to be desegregated |
the footage of angry whites attacking protesters was broadcasted and spread nationally and also by local media outlets, people were shocked including us general attorney robert kennedy, in 1963 robert kennedy organised the desegregation of interstate transport - buses, trains etc |
