Freedom Rides

Bus rides through the south to protest southern states ignoring interstate desegregation laws is called?

• Freedom Rides

• Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• Greensboro Sit-ins

• March on Selma

Civil Rights organization started by James Farmer the leader of the Freedom Rides?

• CORE/Congress of Racial Equality

• NAACP/National Association for Advancement of Colored People

• NASA/National Association of a Safe America

• FPO/Freedom for all People Organization

How many Freedom Riders went to jail?

• 328

• 86

• 247

• 892

What didn't happened to the Freedom Riders?

• arrested

• beaten

• buses set on fire

• protected by police

Protesters rode buses to protest segregation in train/bus stations, the bus trips were called:

• segregation

• freedom rides

• boycott

• integration rides

During the ____, civil rights activists used interstate buses to protest segregation at terminals.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Freedom Rides

Based on the image what can be inferred about the Freedom Rides?

• White college students traveled to southern states to protest integration

• Young, white Americans supported equal rights for African Americans

• Freedom Riders were prepared to use violence if needed

• Americans roade buses into the cities to prevent integration

What was the main goal of the Freedom Rides?

• To protest segregation in interstate bus terminals

• To promote voting rights for African Americans

• To end segregation in public schools

• To support the March on Washington

Which year did the Freedom Rides begin?

• 1961

• 1955

• 1963

• 1968

Who was the U.S. Attorney General during the Freedom Rides?

• Robert F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Thurgood Marshall