The Freedom Rides (1961)
Analysing the CORE-led effort to desegregate interstate travel and the violent response it provoked.
Key Questions
- 1Why did the Freedom Riders deliberately court violence?
- 2How did the Kennedy administration react to the international embarrassment of the rides?
- 3To what extent did the rides force the ICC to enforce existing laws?
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