Freedom riders
By: Isabelle and Koren
What were the Freedom Rides?
On May 4, 1961the Freedom Riders left Washington DC, making their way for New Orleans. They ran into many trouble while they were there including when the Freedom Riders decided to split up into two groups to travel through Alabama. The first group ran into a mob of about 200 determined protestors in Anniston. The mob slashed the buses tires. The bus managed to get away, but when it stopped a little further out of town to change the tires, it was firebombed. The other group did not have any better luck. They ran into a mob in Birmingham and the Riders were beaten badly. The whole group consisted of whites and blacks.
Dispite the violence the freedom riders marched on. The Freedom Riders were a group of both black and white protesters who wanted changes and would do anything to get them.
What were the Freedom Riders routes?
They came from Washington DC and wanted to end in New orleans, LA.
Did any one do anything to stop the mobs?
John F. Kennedy tried to stop these mobs by dispatching his brother and then Attorney Robert Kennedy to make a deal with the state officials from Mississippi to make sure that the Freedom Riders would make it safely to Jackson beingm guarded by the National Guards. Then there they would be arrested.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
They were a group of black and white people who wanted changes. They rode through the south to test the supreme court decision that ordered intergrated places for all people.
Why did the riders start this protest?
They started the Freedom Rides because they were trying to force the federal government to uphold the 1946 Supreme Court ruling that segregated seating of interstate passengers was unconstitutional.
Who was the CORE and what did it do?
The core was founded in 1942. It is the third oldesr civil rights groups in the United States. The came together to protest the Jim Crow laws. From the protests of Jim Crows, to sit-ins, to Freedom Rides. The CORE demanded for equality. They tried everything and had no fears to what would be the consequences.
What struggles did the freedom riders go through?
Freedom riders went through struggles such as being attacked by mobs, fire hoses, german shepeards, whips, bomings, beatings etc.
By The Associated Press.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 15, 1961. p. 1 (2 pages)
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www.usouthal.edu ( picture) - who were the freedom riders?
http://www.hist.umn.edu/ (picture)- what were the freedom rides?
Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers : the Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. New York: Holiday House, 2006.- What struggles did the freedom riders go through, second sentence in who are the freedom riders.
This is a picture of a flag that KOREN thought represented Georgia!
The flag changed in 1956 because John Sammons Bell wanted to incorperate the new battle flag. This falg is racist because the confederates wanted slavery, this should have been our flag. It may show heritage but it shows it in a negative way, by making it look like we don't like african americans. I am glad that we changed our state fflag in 1956 because we don't want people to think that we are a racist state.
We changed the flag in 1956 to show that we are for Confederates, but not everyone is. We can be what ever we want to.
Our flag represents our state well because red stands for the many battles that we won, and there are 50 stars for our states and 13 stars for our colonies. It shows our culture.
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