What were the social, economic, and political forces at work in the 1960s during the time of the Freedom Riders?
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Freedom Riders
With the ruling of Boynton v. Virginia, the practice of segregation was outlawed in the United States. This was a landmark case that gave African Americans the right to ride buses, wait in wait in waiting rooms, and use the same restrooms as whites in every state. These laws were known as Jim Crow Laws. The problem with Boynton vs. Virginia was that it was not enforced beyond the Mason-Dixon Line, which is the line that separates the south from the North. Southerners did not feel that these laws were applicable (Murray, 2011). Even though these laws officially outlawed the practices of discrimination in these areas, it took action from Freedom Riders in order to achieve the enforcement of the law.
Economic Factors
The first freedom riders were a group of 12 people that consisted of six white and six black individual, who came from different walks of life, but were bound together by a common goal to fight against the inequality of Jim Crow Laws that had engulfed the country in controversy. These riders faced many economic hardships. They had limited resources that were used to make it to each stop along the long trip that ...
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The solution discusses the Freedom Riders and Jim Crow Laws.
... c. What were freedom rides? ... Over 400 riders were arrested for trespassing, violating state and local Jim Crow laws, or in some cases, unlawful assembly. ...
...Freedom Riders, who would meet King in Atlanta ... decided to physically test the Jim Crow laws that forced African-American citizens to ride public transportation ...
... At the same time, as Jim Crow music, dance, theatre ... high fashion boulevard, haplessly trying to ride horses in ... characters that could not be trusted in freedom. ...
... the African-African slaves were Emancipated in the 1860s...but then came the "Jim Crow Laws" that paved ...Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice ...
... to demonstrate against discrimination in the Freedom Rides. ... Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the ... Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About ...
... have to hang on until the ride is over ... stuff - especially a rundown of the James A. Tiptree ... as guaranteed in our constitution of personal and religious freedom. ...
...Freedom Democratic Party, like the Freedom Riders) had long ... no denying the effect that Freedom Summer had ... James Baker, Diplomacy for the Environment, Feb ...
... c) power or achievement, (d) freedom or independence ... he loves to swim, play football, and ride his bike. ... stated her disapproval of Rosa's relationship with Jim. ...
... BY JAMES TARANTO Monday, December 3, 2001. ...Freedom Fighter will not be resolved. ... A Palestinian gunman boards a bus inside Israel and rides it to the city of ...