When The Freedom Riders Rode Through The South For Racial Equality — And Faced Violence
In 1961, Freedom Riders rode between cities in the American South to test federal laws banning racial segregation. They were arrested, threatened, and beaten senseless. Like this gallery?Share it : The Freedom Riders were a mixed chemical group of African - Americans and white mass who rode between city in the deep South to test Union laws banning segregation on interstate public transit . While it was illegal to have racially - segregated fanny on buses and at bus stops after the law passed , in reality the practice of law was mostly discount ....