May 14th, 1961, a date that marked the start of one of the most important movements that occurred in the Civil Rights Movement, the Freedom Rides. Seven African Americans and six whites left on a bus from Washington D.C. that was bound for the deep south (CORE,2014). Their goal was to test the supreme court ruling of the legal case Boynton v. Virginia 1960, which declared that segregation in interstate buses and railroad stations was unconstitutional (CORE,2014). The Freedom Rides were so important to the goals of the Civil Rights Movement because the Freedom Rides put pressure to change laws and enforce equality on the federal government.
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Jim Zwerg is now seventy-seven years old and is now a retired minister. Even though he did not take any further action in the Civil Rights Movement, his efforts in the Freedom Rides presented a great deal of courage (Meet the Players, 2017). Ralph Abernathy was a major leader of the Civil Rights Movement and was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. (Meet the Players, 2017). Abernathy died April 17th, 1990 at the age of sixty-four in Atlanta Georgia (Meet the Players, 2017). After Martin Luther King was assassinated, Ralph took over leadership of the SCLC (Meet the Players, 2017). Hank Thomas was a true, underrated player of the Civil Rights Movement. Following the Freedom Rides Hank served in the Vietnam War, he was wounded and sent home in 1966 (Meet the Players, 2017). In recent years, Thomas has owned and operated many hotel and fast food franchises (Meet the Players, 2017).
The Freedom Rides was very important to the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Rides showed that just because the federal government said that segregation on buses was not legal, it still happened. The Freedom Rides opened the eyes of many Americans that were blind to the issues that happened on interstate and city buses. This may seem like a small step, but it was a huge leap for the African Americans to finally be equal and have equal opportunities that others
The Freedom Rides was one of the earliest movements that represented the nonviolence principles of Gandhi …show more content…
Jim Zwerg is now seventy-seven years old and is now a retired minister. Even though he did not take any further action in the Civil Rights Movement, his efforts in the Freedom Rides presented a great deal of courage (Meet the Players, 2017). Ralph Abernathy was a major leader of the Civil Rights Movement and was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. (Meet the Players, 2017). Abernathy died April 17th, 1990 at the age of sixty-four in Atlanta Georgia (Meet the Players, 2017). After Martin Luther King was assassinated, Ralph took over leadership of the SCLC (Meet the Players, 2017). Hank Thomas was a true, underrated player of the Civil Rights Movement. Following the Freedom Rides Hank served in the Vietnam War, he was wounded and sent home in 1966 (Meet the Players, 2017). In recent years, Thomas has owned and operated many hotel and fast food franchises (Meet the Players, 2017).
The Freedom Rides was very important to the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Rides showed that just because the federal government said that segregation on buses was not legal, it still happened. The Freedom Rides opened the eyes of many Americans that were blind to the issues that happened on interstate and city buses. This may seem like a small step, but it was a huge leap for the African Americans to finally be equal and have equal opportunities that others