10+ Freedom Riders Bus PNG. Freedom rides museum, montgomery, alabama, preserving the greyhound bus station where freedom riders were attacked and beaten by a mob on may 20, 1961. They travelled to jackson in mississippi.

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When the activists reached alabama on may 14 the attacks intensified. In 1961, the freedom riders traveled by bus through alabama and mississippi to challenge segregation at southern bus terminals. On the freedom ride, african american freedom riders sat in seats on the buses that were reserved for white people.

Freedom riders were groups of white and african american civil rights activists who participated in freedom rides, bus trips through the american south in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.

Freedom riders were african american and white protesters, many associated with the congress of racial equality. Some freedom riders left behind in montgomery were arrested for violating local segregation laws. The freedom riders were given more protection as they decided to ignore robert kennedy's call for a 'cooling off' period. They forced desegregation of buses all over the country.