Freedom Riders bus ride protests were inspired in 1947 by Bayard Rustin and George Houser and was sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Like the Freedom Rides of 1961, the road to Reconciliation was intended to test the Supreme Court ruling that banned black people from interstate travel; better known as the ruling of Boynton v Virginia. This protest was to protest for racial segregation against the laws of interstate travel. Rustin, along with three other men were arrested and sentenced to serve on a chain gang in North Carolina for violating the local Jim Crow laws, regarding segregation seating on public transportation. In this essay you'll learn the different tactics, a brief overview of the Freedom Riders and I'll give even a small sample of the violence and unfair treatment these riders had to endure just in one city.
The Freedom Riders' peaceful protest tactics for the journey was to have at least one black and one white person sitting in adjoining seats, and at least one black rider sitting up front, …show more content…
This ride was first started by the CORE director James Farmer and 13 other riders. Jim Zwerg, one of the first freedom riders, also a white man was beaten before even getting off the buses. The riders left from the nations capital on greyhound buses and was to travel in the south over eight states some including Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia. The trip ended in New Orleans, Louisiana where a rally was planned to take place. The Freedom Riders courage to take a stand against the unfair and unequal judgement of the white people of the 1960's challenged the local laws. Going through this great amount of violence and backlash gave the American Civil Rights Movement a great deal of credibility. This movement caused a lot of national exposure on tvs and radios and to the disregard of the laws by the local police in the southern part of this
The Freedom Riders' peaceful protest tactics for the journey was to have at least one black and one white person sitting in adjoining seats, and at least one black rider sitting up front, …show more content…
This ride was first started by the CORE director James Farmer and 13 other riders. Jim Zwerg, one of the first freedom riders, also a white man was beaten before even getting off the buses. The riders left from the nations capital on greyhound buses and was to travel in the south over eight states some including Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia. The trip ended in New Orleans, Louisiana where a rally was planned to take place. The Freedom Riders courage to take a stand against the unfair and unequal judgement of the white people of the 1960's challenged the local laws. Going through this great amount of violence and backlash gave the American Civil Rights Movement a great deal of credibility. This movement caused a lot of national exposure on tvs and radios and to the disregard of the laws by the local police in the southern part of this