Supreme Court Case: Boynton V. Virginia

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In 1961, CORE organized the Freedom Rides; African Americans and white activits devided to test the Supreme Court case, Boynton v. Virginia. The group planed to ride from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana. The group encountered mass violence when they arrived to Anniston, Alabama. A mob greeted the activits and there were no police protection for them, Commissioner Bull Connor knew they were comming but decided not to send protection to them. When they arrived to Montgomery, Alabama, the police decided to abdandon the riders and let a white mob attack them violently.

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