Who were the Freedom Riders?

The Freedom Riders consisted of 8 whites and 8 blacks. The Freedom Riders began their journey at Washington D.C. and stopped at New Orleans, then stopped in Louisiana, and next stopped in Anniston, Alabama. Waiting for them there was a mob of angry and determined white people waiting to attack them. It turns out that the goverment of Alabama had let the whites and the KKK attack them. After all that pain and percerveirence the first Freedom Ride was a failure.

source: Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties

Otis Stephens and John Scheb

www.pbs.org/.../milestones/m03_travel.html

Where were the freedom rides?

The Freedom Rides took place all over the east side of the United States. The rides were in a route that had a start and finish, but has rest spots all throughout the route.There were two routes: SNCC and CORE.

 http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Society/freedom_rides/freedom_ride_jpegs/13_slide0007_image025.jpg

What and Why were there freedom rides?

The Congress of Racial Equality decided to put pressure on President Kennedy to enforce his ruling of segregation at bus stations. To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests called Freedom Rides, in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.

Who took part of the Freedom Rides?

White: James Zwerg, and Stephen Green    Black: John Lewis, Julian Bond, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael, Robert Singleton, and Helen Singleton

Why did they create the Freedom Rides?

They created and eventually completed the Freedom Rides so that they would prove to all of the white people who thought they had no rights that the blacks as a people would not be intimitated and would stand their ground even if it meant putting their own lives in danger. The Freedom Rides were also created to celebrate the anniversay of the Brown vs. Board of Education victory.

 http://blackpast.org/

Did any one try an assist the Freedom Riders?

On the second Freedom ride when they reached Alabama another mob was waiting for them. Luckily a local policeman was ready and protected the Freedom Riders. If that policeman was not there at that time all or most of the Freedom Riders would have been killed or injured. JFK also assisted the Freedom Rides and the Freedom Riders by supporting and paying for damages and injuries caused during the Freedom Rides

go to our google map for more info

What did the Freedom Rides consist of?

MLK, the CORE, and SNCC created the Freedom Rides and 8 whites and 8 blacks actually rode on the greyhound busses.

 www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?Arti...

 Georgia Flag

The confederate flag represents a sign of racism and heritage. The confederate flag is a sign of heritage because it is honoring our history and what has occured in the past. The confederate flag is a sign of racism because it insults the North and it is a symbol of how the South wanted to keep slavery. The flag was changed from stars and bars to the confederate flag, in 1956, because the state was looking for a symbol to represent our heritage and what happened in the past. The American Liberty on the flag represents that we are a part of the United States. There is thirteen stars because it is a symbol of Georgia being one of the thirteen colonies.