History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1977 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Freedom Rides
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The idea
In May nineteen sixty-one CORE, founded in unit twelve, sent interracial Freedom Riders south by bus to test a Supreme Court ruling against segregated interstate travel.
In practice
John Lewis beaten by a mob at Rock Hill, South Carolina, and a bus firebombed outside Anniston, Alabama.
Where people slip
In November nineteen sixty-one, the Yawp records, the Interstate Commerce Commission enforced integrated interstate buses and trains.
Your place on the trail
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