Freedom Riders were civil rights activists, both black and white, who rode buses
together through southern United States to protest against segregation. Firstly, their
goal was to provoke the federal government to illegalize segregation which separated
black and whites from using the same facilities and institutions. When they stopped
along the way, white riders used facilities designated for blacks and vice versa. Since
they wanted racial segregation to be illegalize, they used each other’s facilities to prove
to the government that it was not necessary for blacks and whites to be separated.
Secondly, Freedom Riders rode buses into cities and constantly protested which
encountered violence. For example, they were severely beaten and
together through southern United States to protest against segregation. Firstly, their
goal was to provoke the federal government to illegalize segregation which separated
black and whites from using the same facilities and institutions. When they stopped
along the way, white riders used facilities designated for blacks and vice versa. Since
they wanted racial segregation to be illegalize, they used each other’s facilities to prove
to the government that it was not necessary for blacks and whites to be separated.
Secondly, Freedom Riders rode buses into cities and constantly protested which
encountered violence. For example, they were severely beaten and