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Description
In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segregation on public transportation illegal. This book shows how the Freedom Rides were crucial in raising awareness among decision makers and in bringing the realities of racial segregation into American homes through national media coverage.
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
978-0-8131-2511-4
eISBN
978-0-8131-7310-8 (pdf version)
eISBN
978-0-8131-3886-2 (epub version)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813125114.001.0001
Keywords
Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, Civil rights groups, Freedom Rides, Buses, South, Racial segregation, Volunteers
Disciplines
Inequality and Stratification | Politics and Social Change | United States History
Recommended Citation
Catsam, Derek Charles, "Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides" (2008). United States History. 186.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_united_states_history/186
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