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During the first Freedom Ride, very little to nothing was done to protect the Freedom Riders. Local officials did nothing to stop the beatings and harassment. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sent an aid to attempt to calm the situation. Alabama State Highway Patrol escorted the bus from Birmingham to the Montgomery city limits, but violence broke out at the bus station; the Riders were brutally beaten without intervention from police. At that point, the Riders were protected by the State Police and National Guard and no more incidents of mob violence occurred; however, when the Riders arrived in Jackson, Mississippi, they were arrested and jailed.
The protection for subsequent Freedom Riders was similar, with no local protection and spotty protection from state and federal government.
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Did they encounter resistance explain of freedom riders?
yes they were beaten
What is freedom rider?
The freedom riders were a group of African Americans during the 1960's who were testing the use of desegregation in the buses, and they were often thrown in jail, or worse
Why didnt martin Luther king join the freedom riders to Jackson Mississippi?
cause this computar is stupid...
Who were the Freedom Riders and what did they hope to achieve?
Freedom Riders were a group of northern and southern civil rights activists who sought to end racial segregation on interstate transportation, such as buses. They traveled in buses, blacks and whites together, throughout the South where they met resistance, ridicule and violence - at times, their buses were torched, they were attacked with clubs and generally harrassed.
What did the journals do for the kids in freedom writers?
The Freedom Writers is a book by teacher Erin Gruwell. She wrote the book based on the Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Eastside, Long Beach, California. She based the name on the Freedom Riders, a multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961.
Who used federal marshals to protect the freedom riders?
Kennedy
How did the violence against the freedom riders affect President Kennedy?
President John F. Kennedy wanted to protect the Freedom Riders. In order to do so he sent out Byron White and 500 federal marshals from the North to protect them.
Name to ways the government tried to help freedom riders?
1) attorney general Robert Kennedy ordered a reluctant bus company to continue to carry the freedom riders. 2) president Kennedy sent 400 us marshals to protect the freedom riders.
State facts about the Freedom Riders?
The Freedom Riders were activists who were determined to protest the segregationists policies of the deep South.
When was Freedom Riders - film - created?
Freedom Riders - film - was created in 2010.
What is the duration of Freedom Riders film?
The duration of Freedom Riders - film - is 2 hours.
What was Kennedy's administration response to freedom writers?
The Kennedy administration supported the Freedom Riders' right to protest nonviolently against segregation on interstate buses. They intervened to protect the Freedom Riders when they faced violent attacks in the South and enforced federal laws to ensure their safety. The administration also ordered the Interstate Commerce Commission to ban segregation in bus and train stations in response to the Freedom Riders' efforts.
Who used federal marshals to protect the freedom riders on the last leg of their journey and to force the desegregation of the universities of mississippi and alabama?
Kennedy
Who used federal Marshall's to protect the freedom riders on the last leg of their journey and to force the desegregation of the universities of Mississippi and Alabama?
Kennedy
Why did the freedom riders consider their ride to Alabama a success?
The freedom riders forced the federal government to react
What did the freedom riders have to do with the civil rights act?
The freedom riders went around telling about what was happening at that time
Why did freedom riders consider their ride to Alabama a success?
The freedom riders forced the federal government to react
