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1) Who was Gandhi and how did his tactics influence the freedom riders?
2) Do you think the Freedom Riders would have been peaceful protesters without the influential teachings from Gandhi?
3) Do you agree with peaceful protesting? Why or why not?

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Freedom Riders: The Inspiration

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1) What was the purpose of this study?
2) Why do you think the Caucasian females scored such high rating scores, even over African Americans (both female and male)?
3) Were you surprised with the results that Gerner came up with?

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1) Who else do we know wrote papers/notes in prison during the Civil Rights Movement?
2) How can you compare this kind of book to The Diary of Anne Frank?
3) How do you think Carol Ruth Silver felt about going to prison for standing up for what she believes in? Do you think she regretted her decision to become a freedom rider?  Would you risk your civilian freedom to stand up for what you believe in?
http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/2053

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1) In what state was the bus attacked?
2) Based on the short video, what can you assume must have happened the rest of the interview?
3) If you were a witness of the burning bus, do you think would you have helped the victims?

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Meet the Freedom Riders Who Survived a Deadly Attack from the KKK | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN

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1) Who is James Farmer?
2) Can you determine what the function of this letter might be?
3) How do you think President Kennedy responded?
https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Dt0GtQ5k8kyp3fVHo9Y-tg.aspx

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1) Who beat up Jim?
2) Why do you think Jim became a Freedom Rider?
3) Ho do you feel after this video?

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1) Can you name some of the people you encountered in these letters?
2) From these letters, can you get a sense of what life really was for African Americans living at this time and the difficulties they experienced in being a Freedom Rider??
3) What emotions do you have after reading these letters?  How do you think you would have felt if you were a Freedom Rider among these people?

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1) Who burnt the bus?
2) What do you think were the motives of burning the bus?
3) Imagine being a victim on the bus.  What would be going through your mind as this is happening?
http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frhome.htm

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1) Based on what you know, where did the original freedom ride begin?
2) How is this similar or different from what you previously learned about the routes
3) Imagine being on one of those buses, do you think you could have traveled that far?
http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frhome.htm

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If I Ever Write Down the Story of My Life by Rick Sheviakov

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If I Ever Write Down the Story of My Life by Rick Sheviakov

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1) When did Rick become a Freedom Rider?
2) After reading this article, does it seem like Rick regret his decision?
3) Do you think that he made a good decision in becoming a Freedom Rider?

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1) Who were the German Nazi's?
2) How do you think the American Nazi's were similar to the German Nazi's?  How do you think they were different?
3) How would you feel if you were a Freedom Rider and knew that the American Nazi's were either following you or awaiting you?
http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frhome.htm

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President Kennedy Calls National Guard to Protect the Riders

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President Kennedy Calls National Guard to Protect the Riders

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1) Do we know of any other event that the president called military forces to protect African Americans?
2) What do you guys think happened after the National Guard came out to protect the Freedom Riders?
3) How do you think the Freedom Riders reacted when they first heard that the National Guard were protecting them?
http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frhome.htm