Unit 10 Freedom Rides Flashcards

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Freedom Ride of 1961

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Organized by civil rights groups to challenge segregation on public transportation in the Southern United States, starting on May 4, 1961.

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Jim Crow laws

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Segregation laws in the Southern United States that remained in effect, enforcing racial segregation in public facilities.

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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

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The federal agency responsible for regulating and enforcing laws related to interstate travel, including desegregation laws.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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A civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King, Jr., informed about the planned Freedom Ride of 1961 by CORE.

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SNCC

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, informed about the planned Freedom Ride of 1961 by CORE.

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John Lewis

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A student activist and organizer who participated in the Freedom Ride of 1961, facing attacks but remaining committed to nonviolent resistance.

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Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety, Eugene 'Bull' Connor

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A segregationist and white supremacist responsible for targeting African Americans protesting segregation, aiming to end the Freedom Ride in Alabama.

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Anniston, Alabama

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Location where the first bus of the Freedom Ride was attacked by a violent mob, forcing the bus to stop and throwing a firebomb into it.

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Robert F. Kennedy

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The U.S. Attorney General who sent a representative urging the governor to provide protection for the Freedom Riders as they left Birmingham for Montgomery.

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Jackson, Mississippi

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Location where the SNCC Freedom Riders were arrested and instituted the 'jail, no bail' strategy, ending their Freedom Ride.