++ Facts about the freedom riders

Facts About The Freedom Riders. Freedom Riders preparing to board a bus in Montgomery Alabama May 24 1961. The first Freedom Ride began on May 4th 1961. Freedom Rides in US. Virginia 1960 which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.

The first Freedom Ride began on May 4th 1961. The Freedom Riders were a brave group of more than 400 civil rights activists many of whom were just teenagers who put their lives on the line to dismantle. Although segregated seating was illegal on interstate buses such as Greyhound and Trailways lines as stated in the Supreme Court rulings Sarah Keys v. Virginia 1960 which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. Freedom Riders Facts - 13. In Anniston the original bus carrying the Freedom Riders was fire bombed.

In May 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality launched the Freedom Rides as a way challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus facilities like waiting rooms and dining counters.

In 1961 African American and white activists challenged laws against segregation by traveling together on buses throughout the South. As they struggled to get out of the bus the group was beaten. The Freedom Rides were a form of nonviolent political protest during the civil rights movement. Freedom Riders on a Greyhound bus sponsored by the Congress Of Racial Equality CORE sit on the ground outside the bus after it was set afire by a group of whites who met the Black and white group on arrival here Anniston Ala May 14 1961. They and riders on another bus were attacked by men armed with clubs bricks iron pipes and knives. The CORE Director James Farmer put together a team of 13 black and white participants.